n. Any of the passerine birds of the genus Acanthiza.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Any one of several species of small, brilliantly colored American birds of the genus Rhamphomicron. They have a long, slender, sharp bill, and feed upon honey, insects, and the juice of the sugar cane.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A humming-bird of the genus Rhamphomicron: a book-name.
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n. any of various South American hummingbirds with a sharp pointed bill
Word Usage
"Other birds found in this ecoregion include the western thornbill (Acanthiza inornata), and the short-billed black-cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus latirostris EN) which inhabits sandplain woodlands and mallee, and the long-billed black-cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus baudinii) which is found in open eucalypt woodland and farmland."