honeycreeper
[ huhn-ee-kree-per ]
/ ˈhʌn iˌkri pər /
noun
any of several small, usually brightly colored birds, related to the tanagers and wood warblers, of tropical and semitropical America.
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British Dictionary definitions for honey creeper
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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