sunbird

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈsʌnˌbɜːd/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(sun′bûrd′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
sun•bird  (sun′bûrd′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Birdsany of various small, brilliantly colored Old World birds of the family Nectariniidae.
  • sun + bird 1790–1800

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
sunbird /ˈsʌnˌbɜːd/ n
  1. any small songbird of the family Nectariniidae, of tropical regions of the Old World, esp Africa, having a long slender curved bill and a bright plumage in the males
'sunbird' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
bosun bird

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