flowerpecker

[ flou-er-pek-er ]
/ ˈflaʊ ərˌpɛk ər /

noun

any of numerous small, arboreal, usually brightly colored oscine birds of the family Dicaeidae, of southeastern Asia and Australia.

Origin of flowerpecker

First recorded in 1880–85; flower + pecker

Words nearby flowerpecker

flowering tobacco, flowering wintergreen, flowerless, flowerlet, flowerlike, flowerpecker, flowerpot, flowers, flowers of sulfur, flowers of sulphur, flowers of tan

British Dictionary definitions for flower-pecker

flower-pecker

noun

any small songbird of the family Dicaeidae, of SE Asia and Australasia, typically feeding on nectar, berries, and insects