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nectarivorous

/ ˌnɛktəˈrɪvərəs /

adjective

  1. zoology feeding on nectar

“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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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.

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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.

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Nectarivorous bats have tongues adapted to obtain nectar from flowers, but the orange-nectar bat has evolved its own special technique.

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