Assertion: hummingbird's bill | /r/HasProperty | long
Facets:
value: very
type: DEGREE
value: in comparison to their bodies
type: OTHER
value: as an arrow
type: MANNER
value: usually
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Their bill is long, straight and very slender.
text: As the hummingbirds thrust their long bills deep into the flowers for nectar their faces are dusted in pollen, which they then carry to the stigma of a nearby similar plant.
text: The hummingbird’s bill, which is adapted for securing nectar from certain types of flowers, is usually rather long and always slender.
text: Most hummingbirds have bills that are long and straight or nearly so, but in some species the bill shape is adapted for specialized feeding.
text: Most hummingbirds have bills that are long and straight or nearly so, but in some species the bill shape is adapted for specialized feeding.
text: Their bill, at up to 2 cm (0.79 in), is long, straight, and very slender.
text: The bill is extremely long and thin compared to the bird’s overall size, and it is used as a tube for the bird to lick nectar from flowers, sap wells, and feeders with its long and agile tongue.
text: The bill is extremely long and thin compared to the bird’s overall size, and it is used as a tube for the bird to lick nectar from flowers, sap wells, and feeders with its long and agile tongue.
text: Its bill is long, straight, and slender.
text: This distinctive bird also has a long bill which is tapered at the end in order to enable them to obtain nectar from flowers.
text: The bill is very long and slender.
text: The bill is long and straight as an arrow.
text: To obtain nectar, the hummingbird will stick its long bill down the corolla tube (both are almost exactly the same length), drink, then retreat and hover for a few seconds before repeating the process.
text: The bill is long and sharp and can plunge deep into the flowers or slash them open to get at the nectar.
text: The bill on this type of bird is very long and it is also tapered.
text: The black bill is long and straight.
text: Their bill is long in comparison to their bodies so that they could successfully suck nectar from the flowers.
text: The bill of the both genders is long, slender with a very slight down-curve.
text: Bill : The bill of the female ruby-throated hummingbird is long, thin and uniformly black.
text: : The bill of the female ruby-throated hummingbird is long, thin and uniformly black.
text: As the hummingbirds thrust their long bills deep into the flowers for nectar their faces are dusted in pollen, which they then carry to the stigma of a nearby similar plant.
text: Some hummingbirds will snatch insects with their long bills right out of the air (hawking or hover-gleaning).
text: To obtain nectar, the hummingbird will stick its long bill down the corolla tube (both are almost exactly the same length), drink, then retreat and hover for a few seconds before repeating the process.
text: Speaking of fertility, the whole act of the hummingbird to use its long bill and penetrate the depths of the flower is also interpreted in the sexual aspect.
text: Their long bills are specially adapted to help them reach deeply into flowers to access this nectar, and some species of hummingbirds have very uniquely shaped bills to fit specific types of flowers.