honeyeater

Etymology

From honey + eater.

honeyeater means any of the many Australasian birds of the family Meliphagidae, which have a tongue adapted for obtaining nectar from flowers. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.

noun

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