humbird

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

Obsolete

"The Humbird is one of the vvonders of the Countrey, being no bigger than a Hornet, yet hath all the demenſions of a Bird, as bill, and vvings, vvith quills, ſpider-like legges, ſmall clavves: For colour, ſhe is as glorious as the Raine-bovv; as ſhe flies, ſhe makes a little humming noiſe like a Humble-bee: vvherefore ſhee is called the Humbird."

From hum + bird.

humbirds (plural)

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