family meliphagidae

English Thesaurus

1. honey eaters (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bird family,
definition	:	a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	honey eater, honeysucker,
definition	:	Australasian bird with tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	oscines, passeres, suborder oscines, suborder passeres,
definition	:	two names for the suborder of typical songbirds (noun.animal)