Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

allen's hummingbird

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.72 in modern English

Syllables: al-len's hum-ming-bird
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Selasphorus sasin, a hummingbird that breeds in the western United States.

Etymology

Named to commemorate Charles Andrew Allen, American collector and taxidermist who identified the bird in 1879 in Nicasio, California.

Inflected Forms

Allen's hummingbirds (plural)

Questions

What does allen's hummingbird mean?: Selasphorus sasin, a hummingbird that breeds in the western United States.
Where does allen's hummingbird come from?: Named to commemorate Charles Andrew Allen, American collector and taxidermist who identified the bird in 1879 in Nicasio, California.

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