Amazilia

noun
Am·​a·​zil·​ia | \ ˌaməˈzilyə\

Definition of Amazilia

: a genus of large hummingbirds chiefly of Central America that includes several (such as Amazilia beryllina and Amazilia yucatanensis) that range as far north as the southern U.S.

First Known Use of Amazilia

1855, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for Amazilia

borrowed from New Latin, earlier a specific epithet (Ornismya amazilia, Orthorhynchus amazilia), from Amazili, a heroine in the novel Les Incas (1778) by Jean-François Marmontel

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