Home › Words › B › bananaquitbananaquitbananaquit means A nectar-feeding bird, Coereba flaveola, thought to be related to the Darwin's finches and the grassquits.EtymologyFrom banana + quit (“small passerine bird”).nounA nectar-feeding bird, Coereba flaveola, thought to be related to the Darwin's finches and the grassquits.e.g.“Consider an example involving the bananaquit (Coereba flaveola), a common land bird in Central and South America and on several Caribbean islands (Seutin et al., 1994).” — 2000, John C. Avise, Phylogeography: The History and Formation of Species, page 270:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.cornbird 59% match — A bird, the crested oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus). vs bananaquit →grassquit 58% match — Any of several small tropical birds now placed in the tanager family Thraupidae (but previously in Emberizidae), common in the West Indies and in countries of Central and South America around the Caribbean Sea. vs bananaquit →sugarbird 58% match — Any of the genus Promerops of passerine birds of southern Africa, with brownish plumage, the long downcurved bill typical of passerine nectar feeders, and long tail feathers. vs bananaquit →bloodbird 57% match — An Australian honeyeater, the scarlet myzomela (Myzomela sanguinolenta). vs bananaquit →fruitcrow 57% match — Any of the tropical birds in the genera Querula, Pyroderus, Haematoderus or Gymnoderus. They are found in Central and South America. vs bananaquit →bumblebird 57% match — Hummingbird. vs bananaquit →bullbat 56% match — A New World bird, common nighthawk (Chordeiles minor). vs bananaquit →antbird 56% match — Any of various drab-colored South American birds of the family Thamnophilidae that feed on ants. vs bananaquit →