HONEYCREEPER
Dictionary entry overview: What does honeycreeper mean?
• HONEYCREEPER (noun)
The noun HONEYCREEPER has 2 senses:
1. small to medium-sized finches of the Hawaiian islands
2. small bright-colored tropical American songbird with a curved bill for sucking nectar
Familiarity information: HONEYCREEPER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HONEYCREEPER (noun)
Meaning:
Small to medium-sized finches of the Hawaiian islands
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Hawaiian honeycreeper; honeycreeper
Hypernyms ("honeycreeper" is a kind of...):
finch (any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "honeycreeper"):
mamo (black honeycreepers with yellow feathers around the tail; now extinct)
Holonyms ("honeycreeper" is a member of...):
Drepanididae; family Drepanididae (Hawaiian honeycreepers)
Meaning:
Small bright-colored tropical American songbird with a curved bill for sucking nectar
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("honeycreeper" is a kind of...):
oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "honeycreeper"):
banana quit (any of several honeycreepers)
Holonyms ("honeycreeper" is a member of...):
Coerebidae; Dacninae; family Coerebidae; family Dacninae (the honeycreepers)
