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.
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