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Definition of Honeycreeper
1. Noun. Small to medium-sized finches of the Hawaiian islands.
Exact synonyms: Hawaiian Honeycreeper
Generic synonyms: Finch
Group relationships: Drepanididae, Family Drepanididae
Specialized synonyms: Mamo
Generic synonyms: Finch
Group relationships: Drepanididae, Family Drepanididae
Specialized synonyms: Mamo
2. Noun. Small bright-colored tropical American songbird with a curved bill for sucking nectar.
Generic synonyms: Oscine, Oscine Bird
Group relationships: Coerebidae, Dacninae, Family Coerebidae, Family Dacninae
Specialized synonyms: Banana Quit
Group relationships: Coerebidae, Dacninae, Family Coerebidae, Family Dacninae
Specialized synonyms: Banana Quit
Definition of Honeycreeper
1. Noun. Any of various nectar-feeding birds of the tanager family, belonging to the genera ''Cyanerpes'', ''Chlorophanes'', and ''Iridophanes''. ¹
2. Noun. Also applied to the Hawaiian honeycreeper, a passerine songbird of Hawaii. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Honeycreeper
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