honeycreepern.

Brit.

/ˈhʌnɪˌkriːpə/, U.S.

/ˈhəniˌkripər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: honey n., creeper n.

Etymology: < honey n. + creeper n. (compare creeper n. 3).

†1. A honeyeater of the family Meliphagidae. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > [noun] > family Meliphagidae (honey-eater)

honeyeater1821

honeybird1835

honeysucker1837

meliphagan1842

honeycreeper1851

meliphagidan1890

meliphagine1890

meliphagid1964

1851 S. F. Baird tr. J. G. Heck Iconogr. Encycl. II. Zool. 330 Honey-creepers..are observed to frequent the flowers of various species of plants indigenous to the continent of Australia.

1867 T. R. Jones Nat. Hist. Birds 110 The Honey-creepers are found only in Australia.

2. Any of several small, nectar-feeding songbirds of tropical America, esp. of the genus Cyanerpes, formerly placed in the family Coerebidae and now within the tanager family ( Thraupidae).

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > [noun] > family Drepanididae (honey-creeper)

parrotbill1778

iiwi1784

honeycreeper1872

ou1887

Laysan finch1893

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Parulidae (wood warbler) > [noun] > genus coereba

sugar-bird1787

sugar-eater1796

sai1869

honeycreeper1872

guit-guit1893

1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 91 The Cœrebidæ, or honey-creepers of the tropics.

1919 E. O. Miller In Wilds S. Amer. 36 A new species of beautiful honey-creeper (Diglossa gloriosissima).

1970 R. Meyer de Schauensee Guide Birds S. Amer. 368 Honeycreepers form a composite family of groups of birds much unlike each other.

2008 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 1 Aug. d8 A red-legged honeycreeper, with crimson legs, a radiant purple-black body and a turquoise cap.

3. More fully Hawaiian honeycreeper. Any of numerous small songbirds endemic to the Hawaiian islands, now usually regarded as constituting a subfamily ( Drepanidinae) of the finch family ( Fringillidae).Hawaiian honeycreepers have developed a wide variety of bills adapted to various food sources. Many have become extinct in recent years.

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1902 Jrnl. New York Entomol. Soc. 10 160 Oncophorus advena... This parasite is normal on the coot (Fulica) but is a wholly unexpected find on the honeycreeper (Vestiaria).

1944 G. C. Munro Birds Hawaii 89 (heading) Hawaiian Honey-creepers. Drepanididae. Hawaiian Honey-creeper Family.

2012 Independent (Nexis) 1 Dec. (Travel section) 4 Above your head flicker bright-red honeycreeper birds.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	honeycreeper
释义	honeycreepern. Brit. /ˈhʌnɪˌkriːpə/, U.S. /ˈhəniˌkripər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: honey n., creeper n. Etymology: < honey n. + creeper n. (compare creeper n. 3). †1. A honeyeater of the family Meliphagidae. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > [noun] > family Meliphagidae (honey-eater) honeyeater1821 honeybird1835 honeysucker1837 meliphagan1842 honeycreeper1851 meliphagidan1890 meliphagine1890 meliphagid1964 1851 S. F. Baird tr. J. G. Heck Iconogr. Encycl. II. Zool. 330 Honey-creepers..are observed to frequent the flowers of various species of plants indigenous to the continent of Australia. 1867 T. R. Jones Nat. Hist. Birds 110 The Honey-creepers are found only in Australia. 2. Any of several small, nectar-feeding songbirds of tropical America, esp. of the genus Cyanerpes, formerly placed in the family Coerebidae and now within the tanager family ( Thraupidae). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > [noun] > family Drepanididae (honey-creeper) parrotbill1778 iiwi1784 honeycreeper1872 ou1887 Laysan finch1893 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Parulidae (wood warbler) > [noun] > genus coereba sugar-bird1787 sugar-eater1796 sai1869 honeycreeper1872 guit-guit1893 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 91 The Cœrebidæ, or honey-creepers of the tropics. 1919 E. O. Miller In Wilds S. Amer. 36 A new species of beautiful honey-creeper (Diglossa gloriosissima). 1970 R. Meyer de Schauensee Guide Birds S. Amer. 368 Honeycreepers form a composite family of groups of birds much unlike each other. 2008 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 1 Aug. d8 A red-legged honeycreeper, with crimson legs, a radiant purple-black body and a turquoise cap. 3. More fully Hawaiian honeycreeper. Any of numerous small songbirds endemic to the Hawaiian islands, now usually regarded as constituting a subfamily ( Drepanidinae) of the finch family ( Fringillidae).Hawaiian honeycreepers have developed a wide variety of bills adapted to various food sources. Many have become extinct in recent years. ΚΠ 1902 Jrnl. New York Entomol. Soc. 10 160 Oncophorus advena... This parasite is normal on the coot (Fulica) but is a wholly unexpected find on the honeycreeper (Vestiaria). 1944 G. C. Munro Birds Hawaii 89 (heading) Hawaiian Honey-creepers. Drepanididae. Hawaiian Honey-creeper Family. 2012 Independent (Nexis) 1 Dec. (Travel section) 4 Above your head flicker bright-red honeycreeper birds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1851
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