honeybird

English

A juvenile brown-backed honeybird (left) with host parent rock-loving cisticola

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Middle English hony brid (“honey-bird, bee”, also an epithet for Christ), equivalent to honey +‎ bird.

Noun

honeybird (plural honeybirds)

1. Any of several drab honeyguides, of the genus Prodotiscus, from sub-Saharan Africa.

Translations

bird of the genus Prodotiscus

• Finnish: loistikka (fi)

Anagrams

• neohybrid