honeyguide
/ˈhʌnɪgaɪd/noun
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- a small bird of the Old World tropics, typically having drab plumage and feeding chiefly on beeswax and bee grubs. Two African kinds attract humans and other mammals, especially honey badgers, to bee nests.响蜜鸟。
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- Family Indicatoridae: four genera, especially Indicator.响蜜科, 4属, 尤指响蜜属。
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- Botany a marking on the petal of a flower thought to guide pollinating insects to nectar【植】蜜痕(花瓣上的斑点, 据说能把传花粉昆虫引向花蜜)。