trochilidist
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
trochilidist (plural trochilidists)
- One who studies, or is versed in, the nature and habits of hummingbirds.
- 1832, John Gould, “Chlorostilbon Osberti”, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London:
- This species […] has been a great puzzle to me, as it must be to every Trochilidist who studies the little green Humming-birds to which the generic name of Chlorostilbon has been applied.