noun
Hawaiian honeycreepers
• Syn: ↑family Drepanididae
• Hypernyms: ↑bird family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Oscines, ↑suborder Oscines, ↑Passeres, ↑suborder Passeres
• Member Meronyms: ↑honeycreeper, ↑Hawaiian honeycreeper, ↑Drepanis, ↑genus Drepanis
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\\ˌdrepəˈnidəˌdē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Drepanid-, Drepanis, type genus (from Latin drepanis, a bird, perhaps the swift, from Greek drepanid-, drepanis, from drepanē sickle) + -idae
: a family of Hawaiian passerine birds having the bill precisely adapted in curvature and length for the obtaining of nectar from various plants of the family Lobeliaceae — see mamo
Useful english dictionary. 2012.