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Definitions

Noun

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

Etymology

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

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