honeysucker

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honeysucker - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Honeysucker \Hon"ey*suck`er\, n. (Zool.)
     See Honey eater.
     [1913 Webster]

  honey eater \honey eater\, honey-eater \honey-eater\n.
     One of numerous species of small passerine birds of the
     family Meliphagid[ae] having tongue and bill adapted for
     extracting nectar, abundant in Australia and Oceania; --
     called also honeysucker.
  
     Syn: honeysucker.
          [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] honeyflower

honeysucker - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  honeysucker
      n 1: Australasian bird with tongue and bill adapted for
           extracting nectar [syn: honey eater, honeysucker]