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honeyeaters

honeyeaters is the plural of honeyeater.

Meaning of honeyeater

Noun

honeyeater (plural honeyeaters)

  1. Any of the many Australasian birds of the family Meliphagidae, which have a tongue adapted for obtaining nectar from flowers.
    • For all honeyeaters combined and White-naped Honeyeaters, the only other common species, there is actually a negative correlation between abundance and nectar productivity […] .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
    Synonyms:
    meliphagid

Phrases with honeyeaters

Questions about honeyeaters

What is honeyeaters the plural of?
Honeyeaters is the plural of honeyeater.

Words near honeyeaters in the dictionary

  1. honeydews
  2. honeydoll
  3. honeydolls
  4. Honeydon
  5. honeyeater
  6. honeyeaters
  7. honeyed
  8. honeyed around
  9. honeyed up
  10. honeyedly
  11. honeyedness

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