blue-throated sapphire

noun

Hylocharis eliciae, a hummingbird of South America with a metallic golden-green tail and blue-violet throat and a straight red black-tipped bill.

Meanings

nounblue-throated sapphire (plural blue-throated sapphires)

plural blue-throated sapphires

  1. Hylocharis eliciae, a hummingbird of South America with a metallic golden-green tail and blue-violet throat and a straight red black-tipped bill.

    Synonyms: blue-throated goldentail

Synonyms & antonyms

nounHylocharis eliciae, a hummingbird of South America with a metallic golden-green tail and blue-violet throat and a straight red black-tipped bill.

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