"sun-angel" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1877, Arthur's Illustrated Home Magazine, volumes 45-46, page 131:",
          "text": "The little group of hummers, called by the poetical name of sun-angels, are all remarkable for the exceeding lustre of the feathers decorating their throats.",
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          "ref": "1883, Thomas John Barnardo, Our Darlings, page 54:",
          "text": "The mars sun-angel is a native of the Andes, and is a very rare bird, no other of the species has the same colouring.",
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          "ref": "1986, BBC Wildlife, volumes 4-5, page 126:",
          "text": "In most hummingbirds, only the male is iridescent, but in the South American tourmaline sun-angel, some females are as well, while others are plain-coloured.",
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        {
          "ref": "1881, The Epistle to the Hebrews, page 270:",
          "text": "According to poetical conception this was Uriel the sun-angel.",
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        {
          "ref": "1888, Marie Corelli, Thelma: a Norwegian Princess, page 24:",
          "text": "\"This is not a woman!\" declared Philip with heat and eagerness, \" at least not the sort of woman I have ever known! This is a forest-empress, sea-goddess, or sun-angel !...\"",
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          "ref": "1899, Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, volume 9, Part 2, page 216:",
          "text": "It is especially popular in Persia where at one time Meher or Mithra, the sun or sun-angel, was held in high veneration.",
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sun, angel."
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        {
          "ref": "1877, Arthur's Illustrated Home Magazine, volumes 45-46, page 131:",
          "text": "The little group of hummers, called by the poetical name of sun-angels, are all remarkable for the exceeding lustre of the feathers decorating their throats.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1883, Thomas John Barnardo, Our Darlings, page 54:",
          "text": "The mars sun-angel is a native of the Andes, and is a very rare bird, no other of the species has the same colouring.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1986, BBC Wildlife, volumes 4-5, page 126:",
          "text": "In most hummingbirds, only the male is iridescent, but in the South American tourmaline sun-angel, some females are as well, while others are plain-coloured.",
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          "ref": "1881, The Epistle to the Hebrews, page 270:",
          "text": "According to poetical conception this was Uriel the sun-angel.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1888, Marie Corelli, Thelma: a Norwegian Princess, page 24:",
          "text": "\"This is not a woman!\" declared Philip with heat and eagerness, \" at least not the sort of woman I have ever known! This is a forest-empress, sea-goddess, or sun-angel !...\"",
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          "ref": "1899, Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, volume 9, Part 2, page 216:",
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