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

  • noun One of numerous species of small passerine birds of the family Meliphagidæ having tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar, abundant in Australia and Oceania; -- called also honeysucker.

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  • noun Australasian bird with tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar

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  • possibly even a chained honey eater

    September 11, 2009