nectarivorous
Britishadjective
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At 30 centimeters tall and 100 grams, the rainbow lorikeet towers over most nectarivorous birds and is utterly incapable of hovering in midair like a hummingbird.
From Science Magazine
However, the Messel avifauna includes many extinct groups without close living relatives or with unknown affinities, such as the long-legged and flightless Palaeotis weigelti, the aptly named Perplexicervix microcephalon, and the small, presumably nectarivorous, Pumiliornis.
From The Guardian
Nectarivorous bats have tongues adapted to obtain nectar from flowers, but the orange-nectar bat has evolved its own special technique.
From Nature
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