puffleg
See also: puff-leg
English
Wikispecies
Wikispecies
Alternative forms
- puff-leg
Etymology
puff + leg
Noun
puffleg (plural pufflegs)
- Any of numerous species of hummingbirds of the genera Eriocnemis and Haplophaedia, with large tufts of downy feathers on the legs.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for puffleg in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)