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honey eater

or honey·eater

noun

  1. 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

  1. any small arboreal songbird of the Australasian family Meliphagidae, having a downward-curving bill and a brushlike tongue specialized for extracting nectar from flowers
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of honey eater1

First recorded in 1725–35
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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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