Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Feeding upon honey; mellivorous.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zool.) Eating, or feeding upon, honey.

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  • adjective of an animal Honey-eating.

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  • Eats honey.

    October 29, 2008