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Nectar vs Flowerpecker - What's the difference?

nectar | flowerpecker |

As nouns the difference between nectar and flowerpecker

is that nectar is nectar while flowerpecker is any member of the family dicaeidae of passerine birds, many of which feed on nectar.

nectar

English

(wikipedia nectar)

Noun

(en noun)
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.4:
    • They pourd in soveraine balme and Nectar good, / Good both for erthly med'cine and for hevenly food.
  • (by extension) Any delicious drink, now especially a type of sweetened fruit juice.
  • (botany) The sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds.

    • Related terms

    * nectarine * nectarous * nectary

    See also

    * ambrosia * pollen

    References

    [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=nectar&searchmode=none]

    Anagrams

    * * * * * * ----

    flowerpecker

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia flowerpecker) (en noun)
  • Any member of the family Dicaeidae of passerine birds, many of which feed on nectar.