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melidectes

melidectes noun: any of a number of birds in the genus Melidectes in the honeyeater family, endemic to New Guinea and New Britain.

melidectes: any of a number of birds in the genus Melidectes in the honeyeater family, endemic to New Guinea...
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Noun

melidectes (plural melidectes)

  1. Any of a number of birds in the genus Melidectes in the honeyeater family, endemic to New Guinea and New Britain.

Forms of melidectes

pluralmelidectes

Origin of melidectes

From New Latin Melidectes, from Ancient Greek μέλι (méli, “honey”) + δέκτης (déktēs, “receiver”).

Questions about melidectes

What does melidectes mean?
Melidectes means any of a number of birds in the genus Melidectes in the honeyeater family, endemic to New Guinea and New Britain.
What part of speech is melidectes?
Melidectes is a noun.
What is the plural of melidectes?
The plural of melidectes is melidectes.

Words near melidectes in the dictionary

  1. melicotoon
  2. melicotoons
  3. melics
  4. melid
  5. Melide
  6. melidectes
  7. Meliden
  8. melids
  9. Meligalas
  10. melik
  11. melikdom

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