honeyguide

hon ey guide |ˈhənēˌgīd ˈhəniˌɡaɪd | ▶noun 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, esp. ratels, to bee nests. [Family Indicatoridae: four genera, esp. Indicator. ]

honeyguide

honey |guide |ˈhʌnɪgʌɪd | ▶noun 1 a small bird of the Old World tropics which feeds chiefly on beeswax and bee grubs. Two African kinds attract humans and other mammals, especially honey badgers, to bee nests. ●Family Indicatoridae: four genera, especially Indicator. 2 Botany a marking on the petal of a flower thought to guide pollinating insects to nectar.