"bananaquit" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bananaquits [plural]
Etymology: From banana + quit (“small passerine bird”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|banana|quit|gloss2=small passerine bird}} banana + quit (“small passerine bird”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} bananaquit (plural bananaquits)
  1. A nectar-feeding bird, Coereba flaveola, thought to be related to the Darwin's finches and the grassquits. Categories (lifeform): Tanagers Translations (Coereba flaveola): plataneru [masculine] (Asturian), coereba [masculine] (Catalan), 蕉森鶯 (Chinese Mandarin), 蕉森莺 (Chinese Mandarin), banakit americký (Czech), banansmutte (Danish), suikerdiefje [neuter] (Dutch), cerebedoj (Esperanto), banaanikerttuli (Finnish), sucrier à ventre jaune [masculine] (French), Zuckervogel [masculine] (German), טנגרת הבננה (Hebrew), sárgáscukormadár (Hungarian), cereba gialla [feminine] (Italian), platanero [masculine] (Italian), bananero [masculine] (Italian), マミジロミツドリ (Japanese), 바나나퀴트 (bananakwiteu) (Korean), banānķauķis (Latvian), bananinis parulidas (Lithuanian), banansmett (Norwegian Bokmål), banansmett (Norwegian Nynorsk), cukrzyk [masculine] (Polish), cambacica [feminine] (Portuguese), бана́новый певу́н (banánovyj pevún) [masculine] (Russian), са́харная пти́ца (sáxarnaja ptíca) [feminine] (Russian), nektárnik banánový (Slovak), platanero [masculine] (Spanish), reinita [feminine] (Spanish), banansmyg (Swedish), sarı şeker kuşu (Turkish), twinc bananas (Welsh)

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