different between thalurania vs woodnymph

thalurania

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woodnymph

English

Alternative forms

  • wood-nymph

Etymology

wood +? nymph(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “why is a bird called a nymph”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?w?dn??f/
  • Hyphenation: wood?nymph

Noun

woodnymph (plural woodnymphs)

  1. (mythology) A nymph residing in a forest, a dryad.
  2. A hummingbird of the genus Thalurania.

Further reading

  • woodnymph on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Thalurania on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

woodnymph From the web:

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