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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SWORDBILL

SWORDBILL Sword "bill `, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A humming bird (Docimastes ensiferus ) having a very long, slender bill, exceeding the length of the body of the bird.

New American Oxford Dictionary

swordbill

sword bill |ˈsôrdˌbil ˈsɔrdbɪl |(also sword-billed hummingbird ) ▶noun a mainly green hummingbird with a very long bill, found in northern South America. [Ensifera ensifera, family Trochilidae. ]

Oxford Dictionary

swordbill

swordbill |ˈsɔːdbɪl |(also sword-billed hummingbird ) ▶noun a mainly green hummingbird with a very long bill, found in northern South America. ●Ensifera ensifera, family Trochilidae.