单词 | honeyguide |
释义 | honeyguiden. 1. Any of various small birds of the family Indicatoridae of Africa and South Asia, related to woodpeckers and barbets, many of which feed on beeswax or bee larvae; esp. (more fully greater honeyguide) Indicator indicator, of sub-Saharan Africa, which attracts humans and other mammals, esp. honey badgers, to bee nests. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Piciformes > [noun] > family Indicatoridae (honey-guide) honeybird1735 honeyguide1777 bee-cuckoo1786 indicator1835 1777 A. Sparrman in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 67 43 The Dutch settlers thereabouts have given this bird the name of Honig-wyzer, or Honey-guide, from its quality of discovering wild honey to travellers. 1798 Sporting Mag. 12 89 A remarkable bird called the Honeyguide. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 59/2 The Honey-Guide Cuckoo. 1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi x. 209 The honey guide is an extraordinary bird; how is it that every member of its family has learned, that all men, white or black, are fond of honey? 1900 Ibis 6 691 Having heard the story of the Honey-guide before, I was much interested. 1955 Bull. U.S. National Mus. No. 108. 1 The honey-guides are a small family of picarian birds related to the barbets, the woodpeckers, and the toucans. 2005 Trav. Afr. Autumn 40/3 The greater honeyguide..uses its chattering call to lead a honey badger to a bees' nest. 2. Botany. = nectar guide n. at nectar n. Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > plant substances > [noun] > nectar or honey-dew > part of plant secreting > markings showing location of honeyguide1879 nectar mark1881 nectar guide1885 pathfinder1889 nectar spot1892 1879 J. Lubbock Sci. Lect. 6 The lines and bands by which so many flowers are ornamented... These honey-guides are absent in night flowers. 1907 F. Cavers Plant Biol. vi. 246 The two side petals (which act as ‘honey-guides’). 1965 J. D. Carthy Behaviour of Arthropods iii. 39 Having approached a flower, honeybees..must locate the actual source of the nectar. It is then that honey-guides become particularly effective. 2007 Plant Ecol. 193 9/2 Honey guides on the lower corolla lip most likely play important roles in attracting honey suckers, especially bees. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1777 |
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