HUMMINGBIRD Antonyms
Definition of HUMMINGBIRD
Best Opposite Words For HUMMINGBIRD
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albatross | nounn | |||||||
noun • (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps • large web-footed birds of the Southern Hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight | ||||||||
crane | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis • United States writer (1871-1900) • large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world • United States poet (1899-1932) • a small constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Phoenix verb • stretch (the neck) so as to see better | ||||||||
eagle | nounn | |||||||
noun • any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight • (golf) a score of two strokes under par on a hole • a former gold coin in the United States worth 10 dollars • an emblem representing power verb • shoot two strokes under par • shoot in two strokes under par | ||||||||
flamingo | nounn | |||||||
noun • large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill; inhabits brackish lakes | ||||||||
heron | nounn | |||||||
noun • grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill • Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century) | ||||||||
ostrich | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who refuses to face reality or recognize the truth (a reference to the popular notion that the ostrich hides from danger by burying its head in the sand) • fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird | ||||||||
pelican | nounn | |||||||
noun • large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish | ||||||||
penguin | nounn | |||||||
noun • short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers | ||||||||
seagull | nounn | |||||||
noun • mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs | ||||||||
vulture | nounn | |||||||
noun • any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion • someone who attacks in search of booty |