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
honeycreeper — [hun′ē krē΄pər] n. 1. any of a family (Drepanididae) of brightly colored, insect eating, Hawaiian passerine birds 2. any of various small, slender billed passerine birds (family Emberizidae) of tropical America that feed on nectar and fruits … English World dictionary
Honeycreeper — Also see: Honeycreeper (disambiguation). Honeycreeper male Red legged Honeycreeper. Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
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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
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
honeycreeper — tanagros medsiurbės statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Cyanerpes angl. honeycreeper vok. Naschvogel, m rus. танагра медосос, f pranc. guit guit, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – tanagriniai siauresnis terminas – blizgioji… … Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas
honeycreeper — riestasnapiai statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Diglossa angl. flower piercer; honeycreeper vok. Hakenschnabel, m rus. крючкоклюв, m pranc. percefleur, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – tanagriniai siauresnis terminas –… … Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas
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 (disambiguation) — Honeycreeper is a term for several sorts of songbirds:* the true honeycreepers are 3 genera in the tanager family, related to the dacnises. ** Cyanerpes , 4 species of typical honeycreepers ** Chlorophanes , the Green Honeycreeper ** Iridophanes … Wikipedia