honeysucker

[ huhn-ee-suhk-er ]

noun

1. a bird that feeds on the nectar of flowers.
2. honey eater.

honeysucker

/ ˈhʌnɪˌsʌkə /

noun

1. any bird, esp a honey-eater, that feeds on nectar
2. another name for honey mouse

Word History and Origins

Origin of honeysucker¹

First recorded in 1765–75; honey + sucker

Example Sentences

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

From Reuters

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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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