honey creeper

honey creeper

or

honeycreeper

n
1. (Animals) any small tropical American songbird of the genus Dacnis and related genera, closely related to the tanagers and buntings, having a slender downward-curving bill and feeding on nectar
2. (Animals) any bird of the family Drepanididae of Hawaii
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