单词 | honeycreeper |
释义 | honeycreeper (once / 5909656 pages) n WORD FAMILY honeycreeper USAGE EXAMPLESInvasive species on islands are also seen as a threat for many birds including the Pagan reed-warbler and the Laysan honeycreeper. BBC(Dec 07, 2016) Hawaii once had 55 species of honeycreeper; today just 17 remain, thanks largely to rats and avian malaria, transmitted by alien mosquitoes brought by people. Wall Street Journal(Sep 09, 2016) Because the Hawaiian islands are so distinct, more than 50 species of honeycreeper evolved. The Verge(Sep 07, 2016) 1n small to medium-sized finches of the Hawaiian islands Syn|Hypo|Hyper Hawaiian honeycreeper mamo black honeycreepers with yellow feathers around the tail; now extinct finch any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds 2n small bright-colored tropical American songbird with a curved bill for sucking nectar Hypo|Hyper banana quit any of several honeycreepers oscine, oscine bird passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus |
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