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flower-pecker

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noun

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

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They did not have a monopoly of the cashew manna, for now and then a honey-creeper or flower-pecker flew into the tree and took toll of the sweets.

From Jungle Peace by Beebe, William

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