from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]