honey eater
or hon·ey·eat·er
any of numerous oscine birds of the family Meliphagidae, chiefly of Australasia, having a bill and tongue adapted for extracting the nectar from flowers.
Origin of honey eater
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How to use honey eater in a sentence
Then Louhi sent Otso the Bear, the honey-eater, but he was slain by the hero, who made a banquet of his flesh for the people.
National Epics | Kate Milner RabbIt is also a honey eater; and roams about in quest of the hives of the indigenous bees.
Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found | Mayne ReidHe suspects that the honey-eater nests at all times of the year.
The Avifauna of Micronesia, Volume 3 | Rollin H. BakerIs there a city boy who does not know the Greenie (White-plumed Honey-eater)?
An Australian Bird Book | John Albert LeachA larger Honey-eater, with grey mottled plumage, generally found on the Banksia, and not very common.
Expedition into Central Australia | Charles Sturt
British Dictionary definitions for honey-eater
/ (ˈhʌnɪˌiːtə) /
any small arboreal songbird of the Australasian family Meliphagidae, having a downward-curving bill and a brushlike tongue specialized for extracting nectar from flowers
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