'honeycreeper' definitions:
Definition of 'honeycreeper'
(from WordNet)
noun
Small to medium-sized finches of the Hawaiian islands [syn: honeycreeper, Hawaiian honeycreeper]
noun
Small bright-colored tropical American songbird with a curved bill for sucking nectar
Definition of 'honeycreeper'
From: GCIDE
- honeycreeper \honeycreeper\, honey creeper \honey creeper\n.
- 1. Any of a number of small to medium-sized finches of the Hawaiian islands belonging to the subfamily Drepanidae.
- Syn: Hawaiian honeycreeper. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. any of numerous species of small, bright, colored, passerine birds of the family C[oe]rebid[ae], related to the tanagers and wood warblers, abundant in Central and South America; they are songbirds with a curved bill for sucking nectar. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]