honeyguide
Noun
Meaning
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honeyguide (plural honeyguides)
Any of several brood-parasitic Old World tropical birds, of the family Indicatoridae, that primarily feed on wax, especially beeswax.
Phrases with the word
Examples
The greater honeyguide bird guides humans to wild bee hives citation and this behavior may have evolved with early hominids.
The honey buzzard attacks bees' nests and eats the larvae. citation The greater honeyguide interacts with humans by guiding them to the nests of wild bees.
Wild bee nests are sometimes located by following a honeyguide bird.