honey guide
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Honey guide — Honey Hon ey (h[u^]n [y^]), 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. ko nis dust, Skr. ka[.n]a grain.] 1. A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
honey guide — noun small bird of tropical Africa and Asia; feeds on beeswax and honey and larvae • Hypernyms: ↑piciform bird • Member Holonyms: ↑Indicatoridae, ↑family Indicatoridae * * * noun 1. : any of several small plainly colored nonpasserine birds of the … Useful english dictionary
honey guide — any of several small, usually dull colored birds of the family Indicatoridae, of Africa and southern Asia, certain species of which are noted for their habit of leading people or animals to nests of honeybees in order to feed on the honey, larvae … Universalium
honey guide — hon′ey guide or hon′ey•guide n. orn any of various small, drab plumaged birds of the family Indicatoridae, of the Old World tropics: noted for their brood parasitism and the partiality of most species to honey, beeswax, and bee larvae • Etymology … From formal English to slang
honey guide — /ˈhʌni gaɪd/ (say hunee guyd) noun any of various small, dull coloured birds of the family Indicatoridae, of Africa and Asia, which eat insects and wax, some species of which lead humans and animals, such as the ratel, to natural beehives. Also,… …
honey-guide — … Useful english dictionary
Honey — Hon ey (h[u^]n [y^]), 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. ko nis dust, Skr. ka[.n]a grain.] 1. A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Honey ant — Honey Hon ey (h[u^]n [y^]), 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. ko nis dust, Skr. ka[.n]a grain.] 1. A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Honey badger — Honey Hon ey (h[u^]n [y^]), 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. ko nis dust, Skr. ka[.n]a grain.] 1. A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Honey bear — Honey Hon ey (h[u^]n [y^]), 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. ko nis dust, Skr. ka[.n]a grain.] 1. A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
