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meliphagids

meliphagids is the plural of meliphagid.

Meaning of meliphagid

Noun

meliphagid (plural meliphagids)

  1. Any bird of the family Meliphagidae; a honeyeater.
    • Flowers with long, tubular corollas are visited mainly by long-billed meliphagids; the latter, however, also visit flowers of other types.1985, Allen Keast, An introductory ecological biogeography of the Australo-Pacific Meliphagidae: New Zealand Journal of Zoology, volume 13, number 4, page 620
    Synonyms:
    honeyeater

Questions about meliphagids

What is meliphagids the plural of?
Meliphagids is the plural of meliphagid.

Words near meliphagids in the dictionary

  1. meliorized
  2. meliorizes
  3. meliorizing
  4. meliphaga
  5. meliphagid
  6. meliphagids
  7. meliphagous
  8. meliphanite
  9. Melipilla
  10. meliponaries
  11. meliponary

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