Trochilidine

Origin

From Translingual Trochilidae (family name).

Full definition of trochilidine

Adjective

1. (ornithology, rare) Of, or pertaining to hummingbirds.
• 1892, Robert Ridgway, THE HUMMING BIRDS., page 261:Trochilidine literature has never entirely recovered from its effect.

Synonyms

• trochiline