a1802 E. Darwin (1803) Addit. Notes 36 The wonderful transformations of leaf-eating caterpillars into honey-eating moths and butterflies.
1936 K. L. Smith 121 Pretty brush-tailed marsupial honey-eating mice, with gentle eyes and movements.
2012 (Nexis) 26 May 18 Little honey-eating birds love native fuchsias.