melidectes
Belford's melidectes (Melidectes belfordi)
Meaning
Noun
- Any of a number of birds in the genus Melidectes in the honeyeater family, endemic to New Guinea and New Britain.
Related
Narrower meaning words
- Belford's melidectes
- cinnamon-browed melidectes
- Gilliard's melidectes
- Huon melidectes
- long-bearded melidectes
- ornate melidectes
- short-bearded melidectes
- sooty melidectes
- Vogelkop melidectes
- yellow-browed melidectes
Origin
- From New Latin Melidectes, from Ancient Greek μέλι ("honey") + δέκτης.
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