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honeyeater

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hon·ey·eat·er  (hn-tr)
n.
Any of various birds of the family Meliphagidae of Australia and adjacent regions, having a long extensible tongue adapted for sucking nectar from flowers.


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Within minutes of stepping off their helicopter, the scientists spotted a new animal species--a honeyeater bird with a bright-orange patch on its face.
Indonesia, and Australia: a new type of honeyeater bird; a rare tree kangaroo, never before seen in Indonesia; more than 20 species of frogs; four species of butterflies; and five new palms, according to Reuters.
The uninitiated must also sometimes spend a few pages guessing at a species' identity, as in the case of the Helmeted Honeyeater (p.
 
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