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- [huhn-ee kree-per]
- /ˈhʌn i ˈkri pər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [huhn-ee kree-per]
- /ˈhʌn i ˈkri pər/
Definitions of honey creeper words
- noun honey creeper any of several small, usually brightly colored birds, related to the tanagers and wood warblers, of tropical and semitropical America. 1
- noun honey creeper Hawaiian honeycreeper. 1
- noun honey creeper any small tropical American songbird of the genus Dacnis and related genera, closely related to the tanagers and buntings, having a slender downward-curving bill and feeding on nectar 0
- noun honey creeper any bird of the family Drepanididae of Hawaii 0
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Origin of honey creeper
First appearance:
before 1880 One of the 23% newest English words
First recorded in 1880-85; honey + creeper
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Parts of speech for Honey creeper
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honey creeper popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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