HONEY EATER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does honey eater mean? 

• HONEY EATER (noun)
  The noun HONEY EATER has 1 sense:

1. Australasian bird with tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar

  Familiarity information: HONEY EATER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HONEY EATER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Australasian bird with tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

honey eater; honeysucker

Hypernyms ("honey eater" is a kind of...):

oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)

Holonyms ("honey eater" is a member of...):

family Meliphagidae; Meliphagidae (honey eaters)