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Honeysucker

noun
1.
Australasian bird with tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar.  Synonym: honey eater.





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... in hill-gardens is one appropriately named the tiny sun bird or honeysucker (Arachnecthra minima), being less than two-thirds the size of a sparrow. As is usual with sunbirds, the cock is attired more gaily than the hen. He is a veritable feathered exquisite. Dame Nature has lavished on his diminutive body most of the hues to be found in her well-stocked ...
— Birds of the Indian Hills • Douglas Dewar


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