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HONEYSUCKER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does honeysucker mean?
• HONEYSUCKER (noun)
The noun HONEYSUCKER has 1 sense:
1. Australasian bird with tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar
Familiarity information: HONEYSUCKER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Australasian bird with tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
honey eater; honeysucker
Hypernyms ("honeysucker" is a kind of...):
oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)
Holonyms ("honeysucker" is a member of...):
family Meliphagidae; Meliphagidae (honey eaters)
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