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Definition of Family Meliphagidae
1. Noun. Honey eaters.
Exact synonyms: 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 Family Meliphagidae
Literary usage of Family 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)
"Next we have the purely Australian family Meliphagidae, represented by two
genera,—Moho, an isolated form, ..."