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  honeycreeper \honeycreeper\, honey creeper \honey creeper\n.
     1. Any of a number of small to medium-sized finches of the
        Hawaiian islands belonging to the subfamily Drepanidae.
  
     Syn: Hawaiian honeycreeper.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. any of numerous species of small, bright, colored,
        passerine birds of the family C[oe]rebid[ae], related to
        the tanagers and wood warblers, abundant in Central and
        South America; they are songbirds with a curved bill for
        sucking nectar.
        [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

  Honey \Hon"ey\, n. [OE. honi, huni, AS. hunig; akin to OS.
     honeg, D. & G. honig, OHG. honag, honang, Icel. hunang, Sw.
     h[*a]ning, Dan. honning, cf. Gr. ? dust, Skr. kaa grain.]
     1. A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees from
        flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the
        honeycomb.
  
     2. That which is sweet or pleasant, like honey.
  
              The honey of his language.            --Shak.
  
     3. Sweet one; -- a term of endearment. --Chaucer.
  
              Honey, you shall be well desired in Cyprus. --Shak.
  
     Note: Honey is often used adjectively or as the first part of
           compound; as, honeydew or honey dew; honey guide or
           honeyguide; honey locust or honey-locust.
  
     Honey ant (Zo["o]l.), a small ant ({Myrmecocystus
        melliger), found in the Southwestern United States, and
        in Mexico, living in subterranean formicares. There are
        larger and smaller ordinary workers, and others, which
        serve as receptacles or cells for the storage of honey,
        their abdomens becoming distended to the size of a
        currant. These, in times of scarcity, regurgitate the
        honey and feed the rest.
  
     Honey badger (Zo["o]l.), the ratel.
  
     Honey bear. (Zo["o]l.) See Kinkajou.
  
     Honey buzzard (Zo["o]l.), a bird related to the kites, of
        the genus Pernis. The European species is P. apivorus;
        the Indian or crested honey buzzard is P. ptilorhyncha.
        They feed upon honey and the larv[ae] of bees. Called also
        bee hawk, bee kite.
  
     Honey creeper (Zo["o]l.), one of numerous species of small,
        bright, colored, passerine birds of the family
        C[oe]rebid[ae], abundant in Central and South America.
        
  
     Honey easter (Zo["o]l.), one of numerous species of small
        passerine birds of the family Meliphagid[ae], abundant
        in Australia and Oceania; -- called also honeysucker.
  
     Honey flower (Bot.), an evergreen shrub of the genus
        Melianthus, a native of the Cape of Good Hope. The
        flowers yield much honey.
  
     Honey guide (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of small
        birds of the family Indicatorid[ae], inhabiting Africa
        and the East Indies. They have the habit of leading
        persons to the nests to wild bees. Called also
        honeybird, and indicator.
  
     Honey harvest, the gathering of honey from hives, or the
        honey which is gathered. --Dryden.
  
     Honey kite. (Zo["o]l.) See Honey buzzard (above).
  
     Honey locust (Bot.), a North American tree ({Gleditschia
        triacanthos), armed with thorns, and having long pods
        with a sweet pulp between the seeds.
  
     Honey month. Same as Honeymoon.
  
     Honey weasel (Zo["o]l.), the ratel.