flowerpecker
any of numerous small, arboreal, usually brightly colored oscine birds of the family Dicaeidae, of southeastern Asia and Australia.
Origin of flowerpecker
1Words Nearby flowerpecker
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use flowerpecker in a sentence
I observed this flowerpecker once at Quoin Hill, in much-disturbed primary forest, but was unable to secure a specimen.
Birds from North Borneo | Max C. ThompsonPrionichilus maculatus maculatus (Temminck): Yellow-throated flowerpecker.
Birds from North Borneo | Max C. ThompsonI saw this flowerpecker once, in the moss forest above Tenom.
Birds from North Borneo | Max C. ThompsonPrionichilus xanthopygius (Salvadori): Yellow-rumped flowerpecker.
Birds from North Borneo | Max C. Thompson
British Dictionary definitions for flower-pecker
any small songbird of the family Dicaeidae, of SE Asia and Australasia, typically feeding on nectar, berries, and insects
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse