Meliphaga

Translingual

Etymology

From New Latin meliphaga, coined from Ancient Greek μέλι (méli, “honey”) + -φαγος (-phagos, “-phage, -vore, eater”), from φαγεῖν (phageîn), aorist of ἐσθίω (esthíō, “to eat, to consume”), likely as a calque of English honeyeater.

Proper noun

Meliphaga f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Meliphagidae.

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