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bananaquit

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A nectar-feeding bird, Coereba flaveola, thought to be related to the Darwin's finches and the grassquits.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From banana + quit (“small passerine bird”).

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: plataneru — Coereba flaveola
  • Catalan: coereba — Coereba flaveola
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蕉森鶯 /蕉森莺 — Coereba flaveola
  • Czech: banakit americký — Coereba flaveola
  • Danish: banansmutte — Coereba flaveola
  • Dutch: suikerdiefje — Coereba flaveola
  • Esperanto: cerebedoj — Coereba flaveola
  • Finnish: banaanikerttuli — Coereba flaveola
  • French: sucrier à ventre jaune — Coereba flaveola
  • German: Zuckervogel — Coereba flaveola
  • Hebrew: טנגרת הבננה — Coereba flaveola
  • Hungarian: sárgáscukormadár — Coereba flaveola
  • Italian: cereba gialla — Coereba flaveola
  • Italian: platanero — Coereba flaveola
  • Italian: bananero — Coereba flaveola
  • Japanese: マミジロミツドリ — Coereba flaveola
  • Korean: 바나나퀴트 (bananakwiteu) — Coereba flaveola
  • Latvian: banānķauķis — Coereba flaveola
  • Lithuanian: bananinis parulidas — Coereba flaveola
  • Norwegian Bokmål: banansmett — Coereba flaveola
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: banansmett — Coereba flaveola
  • Polish: cukrzyk — Coereba flaveola
  • Portuguese: cambacica — Coereba flaveola
  • Russian: бана́новый певу́н (banánovyj pevún) — Coereba flaveola
  • Russian: са́харная пти́ца (sáxarnaja ptíca) — Coereba flaveola
  • Slovak: nektárnik banánový — Coereba flaveola
  • Spanish: platanero — Coereba flaveola
  • Spanish: reinita — Coereba flaveola
  • Swedish: banansmyg — Coereba flaveola
  • Turkish: sarı şeker kuşu — Coereba flaveola
  • Welsh: twinc bananas — Coereba flaveola