bumblebird

English

Etymology

From bumble +‎ bird.

Noun

bumblebird (plural bumblebirds)

1. (rare, nonstandard) Hummingbird.
   • 1986, Richard Mueller, Jernigan's Egg, page 128:

     A brick fireplace sat dark at one end. Doors led off to other rooms, and the floor-to-ceiling windows were openable to the outside where the large bumblebirds buzzed over the bushes.

   • 2020, Charlotte Llewelyn-Wells, David Guymer, Robbie MacNiven, KeyForge: Tales From the Crucible: A KeyForge Anthology, page 193:

     That same afternoon, a brightly colored male bumblebird arrived with a gouge in his back. Something with a sharp beak had tried to eat him for lunch and failed.