archilochus colubris

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   a kind of hummingbird

   Broaderhummingbird

   Part ofArchilochus

Questions about archilochus colubris

What does archilochus colubris mean?

archilochus colubris means "a kind of hummingbird".

Is archilochus colubris a common word?

archilochus colubris is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.