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Noun: honeycreeper  'hú-nee,kree-pu(r)
  1. Small to medium-sized finches of the Hawaiian islands
    - Hawaiian honeycreeper
     
  2. Small bright-coloured tropical American songbird with a curved bill for sucking nectar

Derived forms: honeycreepers

Type of: finch, oscine, oscine bird

Part of: Coerebidae, Dacninae, Drepanididae, family Coerebidae, family Dacninae, family Drepanididae

Encyclopedia: Honeycreeper