honey creeper — noun Any of several kinds of small, brightly coloured S American birds which feed on nectar • • • Main Entry: ↑honey * * * honey creeper, or hon|ey|creep|er «HUHN ee KREE puhr», noun. 1. any of various small, brightly colored birds of tropical… … Useful english dictionary
honey creeper — (Species and subspecies may vary on different islands. Some are presumed extinct and many are endangered. Var. names are in parentheses.) I iwi (olokele), mamo (hoa), ō ū; palila (see saying, olokē), akeke e, akikiki, apapane ( apakane, āpane,… … English-Hawaiian dictionary
List of honey plants — Honeybees usually collect nectar, pollen, or both from the following species of plants, which are called honey plants, for making honey.See also: *Forage (honeybee) *Honeydew source *Nectar source *Northern Nectar Sources for Honey Bees *Pollen… … Wikipedia
goruck creeper — Wattlebird Wat tle*bird , n. 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of honey eaters belonging to {Anthoch[ae]ra} and allied genera of the family {Meliphagid[ae]}. These birds usually have a large and conspicuous wattle of naked skin hanging… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wattled honey eater — Wattlebird Wat tle*bird , n. 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of honey eaters belonging to {Anthoch[ae]ra} and allied genera of the family {Meliphagid[ae]}. These birds usually have a large and conspicuous wattle of naked skin hanging… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hon|ey|creep|er — honey creeper, or hon|ey|creep|er «HUHN ee KREE puhr», noun. 1. any of various small, brightly colored birds of tropical America; guit guit. 2. any of a group of similar birds in Hawaii … Useful english dictionary
honeycreeper — honeycreeper, honey creeper honey creeper . 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Greater Koa Finch — Taxobox name = Greater Koa Finch image caption = status = EX | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Drepanididae genus = Rhodacanthis species = R. palmeri binomial =… … Wikipedia
William Henry Phelps — Infobox Scientist name = William Henry Phelps image width =200px caption = William Henry Phelps at the Isla de Aves in 1954 birth date = birth date|1875|6|14|df=y birth place = New York City residence = Venezuela nationality = death date = death… … Wikipedia
honeycreeper — /hun ee kree peuhr/, n. 1. any of several small, usually brightly colored birds, related to the tanagers and wood warblers, of tropical and semitropical America. 2. See Hawaiian honeycreeper. [1880 85; HONEY + CREEPER] * * * ▪ bird any of… … Universalium
