family Meliphagidae
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| Noun | 1. |  family Meliphagidae - honey eaters bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings Oscines, Passeres, suborder Oscines, suborder Passeres - two names for the suborder of typical songbirds honey eater, honeysucker - Australasian bird with tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar |