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honeycreeper
hon·ey·creep·er H0263100 (hŭn′ē-krē′pər)n.1. Any of various small, often brightly colored tropical American birds of the family Thraupidae, having a curved bill used for sucking nectar from flowers.2. Any of various finches found only in Hawaii, some of which feed on nectar and have curved bills similar to those of the mainland honeycreepers.hon•ey•creep•er (ˈhʌn iˌkri pər)
n. 1. any of several long-billed, brightly colored songbirds of the genera Cyanerpes and Chlorophanes, of the New World tropics, now usu. classed with the tanagers. 2. Hawaiian honeycreeper. [1880–85] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  honeycreeper - small to medium-sized finches of the Hawaiian islandsHawaiian honeycreeperfinch - any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seedsDrepanididae, family Drepanididae - Hawaiian honeycreepersmamo - black honeycreepers with yellow feathers around the tail; now extinct | | 2. | honeycreeper - small bright-colored tropical American songbird with a curved bill for sucking nectaroscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatusCoerebidae, Dacninae, family Coerebidae, family Dacninae - the honeycreepersbanana quit - any of several honeycreepers |
honeycreeper
honeycreeper: see warblerwarbler,
name applied in the New World to members of the wood warbler family (Parulidae) and in the Old World to a large family (Sylviidae) of small, drab, active songsters, including the hedge sparrow, the kinglet, and the tailorbird of SE Asia, Orthotomus sutorius,
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Related to honeycreeper: Hawaiian honeycreeperSynonyms for honeycreepernoun small to medium-sized finches of the Hawaiian islandsSynonymsRelated Words- finch
- Drepanididae
- family Drepanididae
- mamo
noun small bright-colored tropical American songbird with a curved bill for sucking nectarRelated Words- oscine
- oscine bird
- Coerebidae
- Dacninae
- family Coerebidae
- family Dacninae
- banana quit
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