honeyguide

honeyguide
honeyguide [hun′ē gīd΄]
n.
any of a family (Indicatoridae) of small, heavily built, drab-colored piciform birds of Africa, Asia, and the East Indies: they are said to lead people or animals to bees' nests in order to eat the grubs and wax discarded by the people, etc. when they take the honeycombs

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hon·ey·guide also honey guide (hŭnʹē-gīd') n.
Any of various tropical Old World birds of the family Indicatoridae, some species of which lead people or animals to the nests of wild honeybees. The birds eat the wax and larvae that remain after the nest has been destroyed for its honey.

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  • honeyguide bulbul — bulbiuliai medrodžiai statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Baeopogon angl. honeyguide bulbul; white tailed bulbul rus. бюльбюль медоуказчик, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – bulbiuliniai siauresnis terminas – slaptingasis… …   Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas

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  • honeyguide — noun Date: 1777 any of a family (Indicatoridae) of small plainly colored nonpasserine birds that inhabit Africa, the Himalayas, and the East Indies and that include some which lead people or animals to the nests of bees …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • honeyguide — noun Any of several Old World tropical birds, of the family Indicatoridae, that feed on honey or beeswax …   Wiktionary

  • honeyguide — noun 1》 a small, drab tropical songbird, feeding chiefly on beeswax and bee grubs. [Family Indicatoridae: several species.] 2》 Botany a marking on a flower petal thought to guide insects to nectar …   English new terms dictionary

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