honeycreeper
Americannoun
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any of several small, usually brightly colored birds, related to the tanagers and wood warblers, of tropical and semitropical America.
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Origin of honeycreeper
Example Sentences
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Studies show that ʻiʻiwi, also known as the scarlet honeycreeper, face a mortality rate of about 90 percent if infected.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 11, 2026
Maile Asuncion, 9, drew a red iiwi, also known as a scarlet honeycreeper.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2023
Figure 18.15 The honeycreeper birds illustrate adaptive radiation.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Instead, those agencies are now warning conservationists that, under the proposed federal budget, the necessary resources are unlikely to be available to save two small and seemingly insignificant honeycreeper species.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2017
A honeycreeper sang from the bushes outside the window.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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