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honeyguide

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hon·ey·guide also honey guide  (hn-gd)
n.
Any of various tropical Old World birds of the family Indicatoridae, some species of which lead people or animals to the nests of wild honeybees. The birds eat the wax and larvae that remain after the nest has been destroyed for its honey.


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In Africa the honeyguide and honey badger are partners: the guide finds the honeycomb, the badger cracks it open and they share it.
Putnam/Penguin by Children's Bookwatch
Newly hatched honeyguides peck their nestling competition to death with heavy, hooked bills.
Stealth, lies, and cowbirds by Milius, Susan / Science News
In the great Okavango Delta and adjacent reserves, we saw wild dogs, impala, lechwe, gnu, kudo, jackals, baboons, elephants, crocodiles, hippopotami, kons, giraffes, the elusive sitatunga, aardvarks, wildebeest, warthogs, fish eagles, sec retary birds, multicolored rollers, honeyguides, and a gokath heron.
Rediscovering "darkest" Africa by Morain, Lloyd L. / The Humanist
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