honeycreeper
noun
- any of a family (Drepanididae) of brightly colored, insect-eating, Hawaiian passerine birds
- any of various small, slender-billed passerine birds (family Emberizidae) of tropical America that feed on nectar and fruits
See honeycreeper in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(hŭnˈē-krēˌpər)
noun- Any of various small, often brightly colored tropical American birds of the family Coerebidae, having a curved bill adapted for sucking nectar from flowers.
- Any of several birds of the family Drepanididae of Hawaii, similar to the mainland honeycreepers.
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