rubythroat

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noun

A ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris).

Scrabble 18
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Meanings

nounrubythroat (plural rubythroats)

plural rubythroats

  1. Any of several species of birds, the males having a brilliant patch of metallic red on the throat.
    1. A ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris).
    2. A Siberian rubythroat (Calliope calliope) or white-tailed rubythroat (Calliope pectoralis),of genus Calliope (syn. Luscinia).
    3. A ruby-throated bulbul (Rubigula dispar, syn. Pycnonotus dispar).

Origin

From ruby + throat.

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APA

rubythroat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rubythroat

MLA

“rubythroat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rubythroat. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rubythroat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rubythroat.

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