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hon|ey|eat|er
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.

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