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Meaning of spiny-cheeked honeyeater | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A honeyeater, Acanthagenys rufogularis, of mainland Australia.

Examples

“Interesting records were reported of Spiny-cheeked Honeyeaters moving locally in the Port Phillip district, Vic during May and September 1998.”
“The spiny-cheeked honeyeater has a more generalized diet and the gastrointestinal tract is similar structurally and proportionally to other honyeaters.[…]Due to thir specialized gut, mistletoe birds can rapidly defecate strings of one to nine A.^([Amyema]) quandang seeds, whereas spiny-cheeked honeyeaters experience considerable difficulty in defecating large numbers of seeds.”
“Two other species of birds (the painted honeyeater and the spiny-cheeked honeyeater) also feed on mistletoes.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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