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honeysucker

[ huhn-ee-suhk-er ]

noun

  1. a bird that feeds on the nectar of flowers.


honeysucker

/ ˈʌɪˌʌə /

noun

  1. any bird, esp a honey-eater, that feeds on nectar
  2. another name for honey mouse
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of honeysucker1

First recorded in 1765–75; honey + sucker
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Example Sentences

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But while the charities tend to use sewage trucks - nicknamed “honeysuckers” - to empty their pits, some privately-run toilets rely on men like Moreno.

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There is love deep down in the passionate heart of the flower, as there is in the little quivering honeysucker flitting after his mate, as there was in Romeo long ago.

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In Australia and the Moluccas there is a genus of honeysuckers called Tropidorhynchus, good sized birds, very strong and active, having powerful grasping claws and long, curved, sharp beaks.

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Australia also has immense mound-making turkeys, honeysuckers and cockatoos, but no woodpeckers, quail or pheasants.

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The swan, ducks, cranes, and waterfowl, besides honeysuckers, and many other birds, were all fanning the air with their wings, and crying, "Turn him out!"

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