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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 honey eater, honey-eater n. One of numerous species of small passerine birds of the family Meliphagidæ having tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar, abundant in Australia and Oceania; -- called also honeysucker.
 Syn: -- honeysucker.
 3. Bot., An evergreen shrub of the genus Melianthus, a native of the Cape of Good Hope.  The flowers yield much honey.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 honey eater
      n : Australasian bird with tongue and bill adapted for
          extracting nectar [syn: honeysucker]