honeyeater

noun hon·ey·eat·er \-ˌē-tər\

Definition of HONEYEATER

: any of a family (Meliphagidae) of oscine birds chiefly of the South Pacific that have a long extensible tongue adapted for extracting nectar and small insects from flowers

First Known Use of HONEYEATER

1822

Rhymes with HONEYEATER

altimeter, centiliter, centimeter, deciliter, decimeter, dekaliter, dekameter, hectoliter, lotus-eater, microliter, milliliter, millimeter, nanometer, overeater, parking meter, postage meter, superheater, taximeter, trick-or-treater, water heater, water meter

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