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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Meliphagidae

Melia
Melia Azadirachta
Melia azedarach
Melia azederach
Meliaceae
Melicocca
Melicocca bijuga
Melicocca bijugatus
Melicoccus
Melicytus
Melilotus alba
Melilotus officinalis
Melina Mercouri
Melinae
Melinda
Meliphagidae
Melisha
Melissa officinalis
Melitene
Melkite
Melkonian
Melkonyan
Mellaril
Mellissa
Mellivora
Mellivora capensis
Mellon
Melnick-Needles syndrome
Melocactus

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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