hummingbird
nounHow many syllables in hummingbird?
There are 3 syllables in the word hummingbird.How to pronounce hummingbird:
Definition of hummingbird:
- hummingbird (noun):
- tiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and long slender bills; wings are specialized for vibrating flight.
- any of a family (trochilidae) of tiny brightly colored nonpasserine american birds related to the swifts that have a very slender bill and an extensible tongue for sipping nectar and that usually hover rather than perch when feeding
Synonyms for hummingbird:
apodiform bird
archilochus colubris
thornbill
trochilidae
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Syllable Fun Fact
The English language exhibits a phenomenon called 'schwa deletion', where unstressed syllables are often pronounced as a quick, neutral vowel sound or omitted.
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