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HONEYCREEPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does honeycreeper mean? 

HONEYCREEPER (noun)
  The noun HONEYCREEPER has 2 senses:

1. small to medium-sized finches of the Hawaiian islandsplay

2. small bright-colored tropical American songbird with a curved bill for sucking nectarplay

  Familiarity information: HONEYCREEPER used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HONEYCREEPER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small to medium-sized finches of the Hawaiian islands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Hawaiian honeycreeper; honeycreeper

Hypernyms ("honeycreeper" is a kind of...):

finch (any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "honeycreeper"):

mamo (black honeycreepers with yellow feathers around the tail; now extinct)

Holonyms ("honeycreeper" is a member of...):

Drepanididae; family Drepanididae (Hawaiian honeycreepers)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Small bright-colored tropical American songbird with a curved bill for sucking nectar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("honeycreeper" is a kind of...):

oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "honeycreeper"):

banana quit (any of several honeycreepers)

Holonyms ("honeycreeper" is a member of...):

Coerebidae; Dacninae; family Coerebidae; family Dacninae (the honeycreepers)


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