honeycreeper

honeycreeper
hon•ey•creep•er
[[t]ˈhʌn iˌkri pər[/t]] n.
1) orn any of several long-billed, brightly colored songbirds of the genera Cyanerpes and Chlorophanes, of the New World tropics, now usu. classed with the tanagers
2) orn
Hawaiian honeycreeper
Etymology: 1880–85

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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