- honeyeater
- noun Date: 1822 any of a family (Meliphagidae) of oscine birds chiefly of the South Pacific that have a long extensible tongue adapted for extracting nectar and small insects from flowers
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honeyeater
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honeyeater — [hun′ē ēt΄ər] n. any of a large family (Meliphagidae) of Australasian passerine birds with a long, brushlike tongue that can be protruded to catch insects or draw nectar from flowers * * * hon·ey·eat·er (hŭnʹē ē tər) n. Any of various birds of… … Universalium
honeyeater — [hun′ē ēt΄ər] n. any of a large family (Meliphagidae) of Australasian passerine birds with a long, brushlike tongue that can be protruded to catch insects or draw nectar from flowers … English World dictionary
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honeyeater — noun Any of various Australasian birds, of the family Meliphagidae, that have a tongue adapted for obtaining nectar from flowers … Wiktionary
honeyeater — noun an Australasian songbird with a long brush like tongue for feeding on nectar. [Family Meliphagidae: numerous species.] … English new terms dictionary
honeyeater — /ˈhʌniˌitə / (say hunee.eetuh) noun any of numerous birds constituting the family Meliphagidae, chiefly of Australasia, with a bill and tongue adapted for extracting the nectar from flowers …
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