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Australasian bird
Answer for the clue "Australasian bird ", 11 letters:
honey-eater
Word definitions for honey-eater in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
honey eater \honey eater\, honey-eater \honey-eater\n. One of numerous species of small passerine birds of the family Meliphagid[ae] having tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar, abundant in Australia and Oceania; -- called also honeysucker . Syn: ...
Usage examples of honey-eater.
The wonga pigeon and the little brown fantail and the woodpeckers and the honey-eaters and the diamond sparrows and white-eyes and silver-eyes all had paused to watch him go by.
Struck with bewilderment, the honey-eaters became dumb, the dismayed doves forgot to coo, the scrub-fowl ceased their chuckling, and three cockatoos flew from the blue-fruited quandong-tree shrieking abominable sarcasms.