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Definition of Honeyguide
1. Noun. Any of several Old World tropical birds, of the family ''Indicatoridae'', that feed on honey or beeswax ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Honeyguide
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Honeyguide
Literary usage of Honeyguide
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ornithology: Birds of Western Africa .. by William Swainson (1861)
"WE can find no record of this honeyguide as a distinct species in any of the
modern publications, although it has been figured by Vieillot under the belief ..."
2. Italian Lakesby Richard Sale by Richard Sale (2006)
"Thus one child may experience frustration when reading Too Many Carrots (a Level
3 book in JAWS Starters), but be capable of reading The honeyguide Bird (a ..."
3. The Birds of India: Being a Natural History of All the Birds Known to by Thomas Claverhill Jerdon (1862)
"This honeyguide has been procured very rarely in the SE Himalayas, in Sikim.
Nothing is known of its habits ; and the Lep- chas, to whom I showed a drawing ..."
4. Nepal by Susanne von der Heide (2000)
"... the white-crowned redtail. the scaly woodpecker, and the golden-tailed honeyguide.
The pheasant, partridge, eagle, vulture and hawk species are the same ..."
5. List of Additions Made to the Collections in the British Museum in the Year by British Museum (1834)
"SPECIMEN of Touraco plantain eater, Musophaga persa; Nun oriole, Oriolus monachus;
Red headed Lark, Alanda ruficapilla; Great honeyguide, Indicator major; ..."
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