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wattled honey eater
Wattlebird Wat"tle*bird`, n. 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of honey eaters belonging to Anthoch[ae]ra and allied genera of the family Meliphagid[ae]. These birds usually have a large and conspicuous wattle of naked skin hanging down below each ear. They are natives of Australia and adjacent islands. Note: The best-known species (Anthoch[ae]ra carunculata) has the upper parts grayish brown, with a white stripe on each feather, and the wing and tail quills dark brown or blackish, tipped with withe. Its wattles, in life, are light blood-red. Called also wattled crow, wattled bee-eater, wattled honey eater. Another species (A. inauris) is streaked with black, gray, and white, and its long wattles are white, tipped with orange. The bush wattlebirds, belonging to the genus Anellobia, are closely related, but lack conspicuous wattles. The most common species (A. mellivora) is dark brown, finely streaked with white. Called also goruck creeper. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The Australian brush turkey.

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- nectarivorous, the shorter-billed species less so, but even specialised nectar eaters like the spinebills take extra insects to add protein to their diet when...
- stealing honey is common in many traditions, including Germanic, Celtic, and Slavic. A common Slavic word for the bear is medved "honey eater". The tradition...
- The European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) is a near p****erine bird in the bee-eater family, Meropidae. It breeds in southern and central Europe, northern...
- bee-eater attempts to swallow a bat whole". New Scientist. Retrieved 2017-06-29. "Prigonirea prigoriei. [Myths and truths about honey bees and bee eaters...
- called Dahaʉi or Tevawish – ‘Liver-Eaters’, Penatʉka Nʉʉ or Penateka (other variants: Pihnaatʉka, Penanʉʉ – ‘Honey-Eaters’; Some names given by others include:...
- Scandification. Retrieved 2023-01-26. "The Kalevala: Rune XLVI. Otso the Honey-eater". www.sacred-texts.com. Retrieved 2023-01-26. "Iconic Finnish nature...
- came to use the euphemism medved (Russian: медведь), literally meaning "honey-eater". In post-Christian Russian folklore, the bear often appears semi-anthropomorphized...
- modern Scandinavian names Björn, Bjørn Beowulf Old English "Bees' wolf" = honey-eater, bear Hero of the epic poem Beowulf Bödvar Bjarki Old Norse "Warlike...
- Western honey bee collecting pollen from turnip blossoms in Eastern Oklahoma A predator, the green bee-eater A wild colony in Chandigarh Western honey bee...
- the heathland avian fauna is dominated by nectar-feeding birds such as honey-eaters and lorikeets, although numerous other birds from emus to eagles are...