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honeyeater

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

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of the many Australasian birds of the family Meliphagidae, which have a tongue adapted for obtaining nectar from flowers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1985, Hugh A. Ford, David C. Paton, Chapter 12: Habitat Selection in Australian Honeyeaters, with Special Reference to Nectar Productivity, Martin L. Cody (editor), Habitat Selection in Birds, 376, For all honeyeaters combined and White-naped Honeyeaters, the only other common species, there is actually a negative correlation between abundance and nectar productivity [...] .

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History

Etymology

From honey + eater.

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: menjamel — any bird of family Meliphagidae
  • Czech: medosavka — any bird of family Meliphagidae
  • Dutch: honingeter — any bird of family Meliphagidae
  • Finnish: mesikko — any bird of family Meliphagidae
  • Japanese: 蜜吸 (mitsu-sui) — any bird of family Meliphagidae
  • Kazakh: балсорғыш (balsorğyş) — any bird of family Meliphagidae
  • Korean: 꿀빨기새 (kkulppalgisae) — any bird of family Meliphagidae
  • Polish: miodojad — any bird of family Meliphagidae
  • Russian: медосо́с (medosós) — any bird of family Meliphagidae
  • Samoan: iao — any bird of family Meliphagidae