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tody

tody

9.9
A small bright bird with red and green feathers and a long, straight bill that eats insects
  • noun
  • /ˈtoʊdi/
  • US
translation icon : tody
  • Several todies gathered near the stream at dawn, chirping softly.

Examples

  • Look at that beautiful tody perched on the branch!

  • The vibrant feathers of the tody make it easy to spot among the dense Caribbean foliage.

  • Researchers observed a tody catching insects with its slender bill.

  • I spotted a tody in the garden.

  • The tody perched on the branch, flaunting its vibrant red and green feathers.

  • Birdwatchers in the West Indies were thrilled to spot a rare tody in the lush vegetation.

  • With its long, straight bill, the tody expertly hunted insects among the colorful flowers.

Synonyms

Todus
vstody
  • Specialized
9.9

A small bird with bright colors from the Caribbean

is the common name for a single small red and green insectivorous bird

How Small

hummingbird
  • US
31 1.4
tody
  • US
9.9
sparrow
38 1.0

Surface Forms

tody singular
todys plural

Etymology

Tody comes from the scientific name Todus that early naturalists gave to these small Caribbean birds, and that name probably came from a local Caribbean word for the bird. A helpful way to remember it is that tody sounds a bit like 'tiny' and these birds are small, bright insect-eaters from the West Indies.