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Definition of Honeysucker
1. Noun. Australasian bird with tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar.
Generic synonyms: Oscine, Oscine Bird
Group relationships: Family Meliphagidae, Meliphagidae
Definition of Honeysucker
1. n. See Honey eater, under Honey.
Definition of Honeysucker
1. Noun. A honey eater. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Honeysucker
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Honeysucker
Literary usage of Honeysucker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society by Bombay Natural History Society (1889)
"The eggs resembled those' of the Amethyst honeysucker, but were considerably
larger, and had a hair line ... This is the common honeysucker of the Deccan, ..."
2. The Point Where God and Man Meet by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (2006)
""I have created a bird called a honeysucker.1 It is black, very black. ...
"See how much work the honeysucker does in order to drink the honey. ..."
3. The Eastern Archipelago: A Description of the Scenery, Animal and Vegetable by William Henry Davenport Adams (1880)
"One of these is a honeysucker, named, in the language of zoologists, ... The oriole
resembles the honeysucker in the following particulars: the upper and ..."
4. The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-utan and the Bird of Paradise by Alfred Russel Wallace (1902)
"The oriole resembles the honeysucker in the following particulars : the upper
and under surfaces of the two birds are exactly of the saine tints of dark and ..."
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