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honeycreeper — honeycreeper, honey creeper honey creeper . 1. Any of a number of small to medium sized finches of the Hawaiian islands belonging to the subfamily {Drepanidae}. Syn: Hawaiian honeycreeper. [WordNet 1.5] 2. any of numerous species of small, bright … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
honeycreeper — [hun′ē krē΄pər] n. 1. any of a family (Drepanididae) of brightly colored, insect eating, Hawaiian passerine birds 2. any of various small, slender billed passerine birds (family Emberizidae) of tropical America that feed on nectar and fruits … English World dictionary
Honeycreeper — Also see: Honeycreeper (disambiguation). Honeycreeper male Red legged Honeycreeper. Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
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honeycreeper — /hun ee kree peuhr/, n. 1. any of several small, usually brightly colored birds, related to the tanagers and wood warblers, of tropical and semitropical America. 2. See Hawaiian honeycreeper. [1880 85; HONEY + CREEPER] * * * ▪ bird any of… … Universalium
honeycreeper — noun a) Any of various nectar feeding birds of the tanager family, belonging to the genera Cyanerpes, Chlorophanes, and Iridophanes. b) Also applied to the Hawaiian honeycreeper, a passerine songbird of Hawaii … Wiktionary
honeycreeper — hon•ey•creep•er [[t]ˈhʌn iˌkri pər[/t]] n. 1) orn any of several long billed, brightly colored songbirds of the genera Cyanerpes and Chlorophanes, of the New World tropics, now usu. classed with the tanagers 2) orn Hawaiian honeycreeper •… … From formal English to slang
honeycreeper — tanagros medsiurbės statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Cyanerpes angl. honeycreeper vok. Naschvogel, m rus. танагра медосос, f pranc. guit guit, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – tanagriniai siauresnis terminas – blizgioji… … Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas
honeycreeper — riestasnapiai statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Diglossa angl. flower piercer; honeycreeper vok. Hakenschnabel, m rus. крючкоклюв, m pranc. percefleur, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – tanagriniai siauresnis terminas –… … Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas
honeycreeper — noun 1. small to medium sized finches of the Hawaiian islands • Syn: ↑Hawaiian honeycreeper • Hypernyms: ↑finch • Hyponyms: ↑mamo • Member Holonyms: ↑Drepanididae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Honeycreeper (disambiguation) — Honeycreeper is a term for several sorts of songbirds:* the true honeycreepers are 3 genera in the tanager family, related to the dacnises. ** Cyanerpes , 4 species of typical honeycreepers ** Chlorophanes , the Green Honeycreeper ** Iridophanes … Wikipedia
