- Hawaiian honeycreeper
- Hawai′ian hon′eycreepern.orn any of various finches of the subfamily Drepanidinae, native to the Hawaiian Islands, and including a number of very rare and extinct species
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Hawaiian honeycreeper
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Hawaiian honeycreeper — noun small to medium sized finches of the Hawaiian islands • Syn: ↑honeycreeper • Hypernyms: ↑finch • Hyponyms: ↑mamo • Member Holonyms: ↑Drepanididae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
honeycreeper — honeycreeper, honey creeper honey creeper . 1. Any of a number of small to medium sized finches of the Hawaiian islands belonging to the subfamily {Drepanidae}. Syn: Hawaiian honeycreeper. [WordNet 1.5] 2. any of numerous species of small, bright … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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honeycreeper — /hun ee kree peuhr/, n. 1. any of several small, usually brightly colored birds, related to the tanagers and wood warblers, of tropical and semitropical America. 2. See Hawaiian honeycreeper. [1880 85; HONEY + CREEPER] * * * ▪ bird any of… … Universalium
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honeycreeper — noun 1. small to medium sized finches of the Hawaiian islands • Syn: ↑Hawaiian honeycreeper • Hypernyms: ↑finch • Hyponyms: ↑mamo • Member Holonyms: ↑Drepanididae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
honeycreeper — noun a) Any of various nectar feeding birds of the tanager family, belonging to the genera Cyanerpes, Chlorophanes, and Iridophanes. b) Also applied to the Hawaiian honeycreeper, a passerine songbird of Hawaii … Wiktionary
