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honey creeper

hon·ey creep·er
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [huhn-ee kree-per]
    • /ˈhʌn i ˈkri pər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [huhn-ee kree-per]
    • /ˈhʌn i ˈkri pər/

Definitions of honey creeper words

  • noun honey creeper any of several small, usually brightly colored birds, related to the tanagers and wood warblers, of tropical and semitropical America. 1
  • noun honey creeper Hawaiian honeycreeper. 1
  • noun honey creeper any small tropical American songbird of the genus Dacnis and related genera, closely related to the tanagers and buntings, having a slender downward-curving bill and feeding on nectar 0
  • noun honey creeper any bird of the family Drepanididae of Hawaii 0
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Origin of honey creeper

First appearance:

before 1880
One of the 23% newest English words
First recorded in 1880-85; honey + creeper

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Parts of speech for Honey creeper

noun
adjective
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honey creeper popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 60% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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