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noun
Any of various nectar-feeding birds of the tanager family, belonging to the genera Cyanerpes, Chlorophanes, and Iridophanes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any of the Hawaiian honeycreepers, passerine songbirds of Hawaii.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
small bright-colored tropical American songbird with a curved bill for sucking nectar
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: oscine, oscine bird
Narrower terms: banana quit
noun
small to medium-sized finches of the Hawaiian islands
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Hawaiian honeycreeper
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Broader terms: finch
Narrower terms: mamo
History
From honey + creeper.
