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Any of the many Australasian birds of the family Meliphagidae, which have a tongue adapted for obtaining nectar from flowers..
1985, Hugh A. Ford, David C. Paton, Chapter 12: Habitat Selection in Australian Honeyeaters, with Special Reference to Nectar Productivity, Martin L. Cody (editor), Habitat Selection in Birds, 376, For all honeyeaters combined and White-naped Honeyeaters, the only other common species, there is actually a negative correlation between abundance and nectar productivity […] .
The spiny-cheeked honeyeater has a more generalized diet and the gastrointestinal tract is similar structurally and proportionally to other honeyeaters.
The adopted sequence of genera of Australian honeyeaters follows that implied by the phylogeny of Driskell and Christidis (2004).
Use honey eater when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Honey eater means Any of the many Australasian birds of the family Meliphagidae, which have a tongue adapted for obtaining nectar from flowers..
Common synonyms include meliphagid.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
1985, Hugh A. Ford, David C. Paton, Chapter 12: Habitat Selection in Australian Honeyeaters, with Special Reference to Nectar Productivity, Martin L. Cody (editor), Habitat Selection in Birds, 376, For all honeyeaters combined and White-naped Honeyeaters, the only other common species, there is actually a negative correlation between abundance and nectar productivity […] .
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