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Honeysucker   Listen
noun
Honeysucker  n.  (Zool.) See Honey eater.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Honeysucker" Quotes from Famous Books



... in hill-gardens is one appropriately named the tiny sun bird or honeysucker (Arachnecthra minima), being less than two-thirds the size of a sparrow. As is usual with sunbirds, the cock is attired more gaily than the hen. He is a veritable feathered exquisite. Dame Nature has lavished on his diminutive body most of the hues to be found in her well-stocked ...
— Birds of the Indian Hills • Douglas Dewar



Words linked to "Honeysucker" :   oscine, oscine bird, Meliphagidae, family Meliphagidae, honey eater



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