honey eater

honey eater
noun
Australasian bird with tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar
Syn: ↑honeysucker
Hypernyms: ↑oscine, ↑oscine bird
Member Holonyms: ↑Meliphagidae, ↑family Meliphagidae

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noun
: any of several oscine birds that constitute the family Meliphagidae, are found mostly in the south Pacific, and have a long protrusible tongue adapted for extracting nectar and small insects from flowers — called also honeysucker; see bellbird, flying coachman, friarbird, stitchbird, wattlebird; compare honeycreeper

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any of numerous oscine birds of the family Meliphagidae, chiefly of Australasia, having a bill and tongue adapted for extracting the nectar from flowers.
Also, honeyeater.
[1725-35]

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honey eater or hon|ey|eat|er «HUHN ee EE tuhr», noun.
any one of a large family of Australasian oscine birds, including the wattlebirds and the friarbirds, with a bill and tongue adapted for feeding on honey and the nectar of flowers.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • honey eater — honey eater, honey eater honey eater . One of numerous species of small passerine birds of the family {Meliphagid[ae]} having tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar, abundant in Australia and Oceania; called also {honeysucker}. Syn:… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • honey-eater — honey eater, honey eater honey eater . One of numerous species of small passerine birds of the family {Meliphagid[ae]} having tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar, abundant in Australia and Oceania; called also {honeysucker}. Syn:… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • honey eater — type of bird which feeds on honey …   English contemporary dictionary

  • honey eater — any of numerous oscine birds of the family Meliphagidae, chiefly of Australasia, having a bill and tongue adapted for extracting the nectar from flowers. Also, honeyeater. [1725 35] * * * …   Universalium

  • honey eater — hon′ey eat er or hon′ey•eat er n. orn any of numerous chiefly Australasian songbirds of the family Meliphagidae, highly diverse in size, plumage, and habits, though typically having a tongue adapted for nectar feeding • Etymology: 1725–35 …   From formal English to slang

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  • Honey — For other uses, see Honey (disambiguation). Jars of honey and honeycomb …   Wikipedia

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