Honeyguide is an English word. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Honeyguide in a sentence
Honeyguide meaning
Any of several brood-parasitic Old World tropical birds, of the family Indicatoridae, that primarily feed on wax, especially beeswax.
Using Honeyguide
- The main meaning on this page is: Any of several brood-parasitic Old World tropical birds, of the family Indicatoridae, that primarily feed on wax, especially beeswax.
- In the example corpus, honeyguide often appears in combinations such as: greater honeyguide, honeyguide bird.
Context around Honeyguide
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Honeyguide
- In this selection, "honeyguide" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 19 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, greater, bird and interacts stand out and add context to how "honeyguide" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include following a honeyguide bird and the greater honeyguide bird guides. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "honeyguide" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with honeyguide
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Wild bee nests are sometimes located by following a honeyguide bird. (11 words)
The greater honeyguide bird guides humans to wild bee hives citation and this behavior may have evolved with early hominids. (20 words)
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. (26 words)
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. (26 words)
The greater honeyguide bird guides humans to wild bee hives citation and this behavior may have evolved with early hominids. (20 words)
Wild bee nests are sometimes located by following a honeyguide bird. (11 words)
Example sentences (3)
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.
Common combinations with honeyguide
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: