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honey eater
noun
- any of numerous oscine birds of the family Meliphagidae, chiefly of Australasia, having a bill and tongue adapted for extracting the nectar from flowers.
honey-eater
/ ˈhʌnɪˌiːtə /
noun
- 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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Origin of honey eater1
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Example Sentences
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.
It is also a honey eater; and roams about in quest of the hives of the indigenous bees.
He suspects that the honey-eater nests at all times of the year.
Is there a city boy who does not know the Greenie (White-plumed Honey-eater)?
A larger Honey-eater, with grey mottled plumage, generally found on the Banksia, and not very common.
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