trochilidine

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From translingual Trochilidae (family name).

Adjective

trochilidine (comparative more trochilidine, superlative most trochilidine)

1. (ornithology, rare) Of, or pertaining to hummingbirds.
   • 1892, Robert Ridgway, THE HUMMING BIRDS.‎^[1], page 261:

     Trochilidine literature has never entirely recovered from its effect.

Synonyms

• trochiline