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honeysucker
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.
Honeysucker
Honeysucker Hon"ey*suck`er, n. (Zo["o]l.) See Honey eater, under Honey.

Meaning of honeysucker from wikipedia

- Honeysucker may refer to: Honeyeater, a bird Honeysucker (truck), a vacuum truck used to empty septic tanks and latrines This disambiguation page lists...
- Robert E. Honeysucker, Jr. (January 14, 1943 – October 7, 2017) was an American baritone. Robert E. Honeysucker, Jr. was born in Memphis, Tennessee. His...
- Francis. pp. 56–60. Ticehurst, C.B. (1918). "The plumage of the Purple Honeysucker Arachnecthra asiatica". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society...
- A vacuum truck, vacuum tanker, vactor truck, vactor, vac-con truck, vac-con is a tank truck that has a pump and a tank. The pump is designed to pneumatically...
- Honey sucker may refer to: Honeyeater, a bird Honeysucker (truck), a vacuum truck used to empty septic tanks and latrines Gyrinocheilus aymonieri, the...
- ruff-necked hummingbird described by John Latham in 1782 and the ruffed honeysucker described by Thomas Pennant in 1785. The type locality given by Gmelin...
- Fracchia Fr DE 46 Cole Mashburn Fr DB 47 Colton Cochran  Jr DE 50 Joseph Honeysucker Fr LB 52 Matthew Rhodes Fr LB 53 Nyle Love  Fr DL 54 J'Len Smith  So...
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- baritone, chorus, and orchestra, premiered December 4, 1998, by Robert Honeysucker, the Boston Conservatory Orchestra and Chorale "ccm :: Adams, Clement...