Lucifer hummingbird

noun

: a bronze green fork-tailed hummingbird (Calothorax lucifer) of southwestern North America that has a purple gorget in the male

Word History

Etymology

lucifer from New Latin (specific epithet of Calothorax lucifer), from Latin

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