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flowerpecker

[ flou-er-pek-er ]
/ ˈflaʊ ərˌpɛk ər /

noun

any of numerous small, arboreal, usually brightly colored oscine birds of the family Dicaeidae, of southeastern Asia and Australia.

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Words nearby flowerpecker

flowering tobacco, flowering wintergreen, flowerless, flowerlet, flowerlike, flowerpecker, flowerpot, flowers, flowers of sulfur, flowers of sulphur, flowers of tan

Origin of flowerpecker

First recorded in 1880–85; flower + pecker
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British Dictionary definitions for flower-pecker

flower-pecker

noun

any small songbird of the family Dicaeidae, of SE Asia and Australasia, typically feeding on nectar, berries, and insects
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