honeycreeper

[ huhn-ee-kree-per ]

/ ˈhʌn iˌkri pər /

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noun

any of several small, usually brightly colored birds, related to the tanagers and wood warblers, of tropical and semitropical America.

Hawaiian honeycreeper.

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Origin of honeycreeper

First recorded in 1880–85; honey + creeper

How to use honeycreeper in a sentence

Ancient Romans exchanged gifts of figs and honey and would make sure to work part of the day as a good omen for the coming year.
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Maybe our dear bear should sit quietly, not chase piglets and just eat berries and honey.
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We can thank Lisa Kudrow for the rise of celeb reality TV—Real Housewives, the Kardashians, Honey Boo Boo and its ilk.
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Still, not everything has been milk and honey when it comes to trans issues in the Holy Land.
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As quickly as Honey Boo Boo came, there she goes—even more quickly.
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He had thought what it would be like to be a rich man, and bring a certain girl here for a moon of honey and roses.
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Thimbletoes doesn't fancy that, you know, because the Prime Minister has all the honey he wants, by way of a salary.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
He shall eat butter and honey, that he may know to refuse the evil, and to choose the good.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
If you see us come down this way again, honey,” Amy said, “run down here to the shore and we will take you aboard.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn|Margaret Penrose
That I may accomplish the oath which I swore to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various

British Dictionary definitions for honeycreeper

honey creeper

noun

any small tropical American songbird of the genus Dacnis and related genera, closely related to the tanagers and buntings, having a slender downward-curving bill and feeding on nectar

any bird of the family Drepanididae of Hawaii

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