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honeycreeper

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hon⋅ey⋅creep⋅er

  [huhn-ee-kree-per]
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–noun
1. any of several small, usually brightly colored birds, related to the tanagers and wood warblers, of tropical and semitropical America.
2. Hawaiian honeycreeper.
Origin:
1880–85; honey + creeper
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hon·ey·creep·er   (hŭn'ē-krē'pər)   
n.  

  1. Any of various small, often brightly colored tropical American birds of the family Coerebidae, having a curved bill adapted for sucking nectar from flowers.

  2. Any of several birds of the family Drepanididae of Hawaii, similar to the mainland honeycreepers.

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honeycreeper

any of the tropical American birds of the subfamily Coerebinae, family Emberizidae. Birds of the Hawaiian honeycreeper (q.v.) group constitute the family Drepanididae and are commonly referred to as drepanidids.

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