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Definition of Meliphagidae
1. Noun. Honey eaters.
Exact synonyms: Family Meliphagidae
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Oscines, Passeres, Suborder Oscines, Suborder Passeres
Member holonyms: Honey Eater, Honeysucker
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Oscines, Passeres, Suborder Oscines, Suborder Passeres
Member holonyms: Honey Eater, Honeysucker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Meliphagidae
Literary usage of Meliphagidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"Of all these the Meliphagidae (honey- suckers) are the most peculiarly and
characteristically Australian. This family abounds in genera and species ..."
2. Australasia by Alfred Russel Wallace, Francis Henry Hill Guillemard (1893)
"Their organisation is, however, totally unlike that of the humming-birds, the
Meliphagidae having a brush-tipped tongue, and exceedingly powerful grasping ..."
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