"sunbird" meaning in English

See sunbird in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: sunbirds [plural]
Etymology: From sun + bird. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sun|bird}} sun + bird Head templates: {{en-noun}} sunbird (plural sunbirds)
  1. A bird belonging to any of several species in the family Nectariniidae. Translations (bird of family Nectariniidae): нектарник (nektarnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), suimanga [feminine] (Catalan), 太陽鳥 /太阳鸟 (tàiyángniǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), strdimil [animate, masculine] (Czech), souïmanga [masculine] (French), éan gréine [masculine] (Irish), sohimanga (Malagasy), kelicap (Malay), തേൻകിളി (tēṉkiḷi) (Malayalam), സൂചിമുഖി (sūcimukhi) (Malayalam), nectarinidă [feminine] (Romanian), некта́рница (nektárnica) [feminine] (Russian), adar haul [masculine, plural] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-sunbird-en-noun-6oDbP9Xl Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Perching birds Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54 Disambiguation of Perching birds: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'bird of family Nectariniidae': 95 5
  2. (US) A person, usually one who is retired, who travels from a warm climate to a colder one in the summer; one who oversummers elsewhere. Tags: US Coordinate_terms: snowbird, summerite, year-rounder
    Sense id: en-sunbird-en-noun-UQubg0Ko Categories (other): American English, English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Malagasy translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Welsh translations, Perching birds Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Malagasy translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Perching birds: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: green-headed sunbird, olive-backed sunbird, Palestine sunbird, Socotra sunbird, sunbird-asity Related terms: spiderhunter

Inflected forms

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