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meliphagan Ornith.|mɛˈlɪfəgən| Also erron. melli-. [f. mod.L. Meliphaga (f. Gr. µέλι honey + -ϕάγ-ος that eats) + -an.] A bird belonging to the Australian genus Meliphaga or family Meliphagidæ (see next).
1842Brande Dict. Sci. etc., Melliphagans, a family of Tenuirosters, comprising the birds which feed on the nectar of flowers. In mod. Dicts. |