Definition of "ruby-throated" [ruby-throated]

• Having a ruby gorget of feathers like metallic scales, as a humming-bird.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "(I like to garnish the plates with ruby-throated nasturtium blossoms from the garden ... makes it even more beautiful!)"
• "The ruby-throated hummingbird prepares for its annual 800km non-stop flight across the Gulf of Mexico, by an intense pre-flight eating binge which increases its body weight by about 50%."
• "And I passed what I took at a glance to be a large species of white-backed dragonfly hovering over some flowers that it dawned on me later could have been a ruby-throated hummingbird."