Any of a number of small to medium-sized finches of the Hawaiian islands belonging to the subfamily Drepanidae. [WordNet 1.5]
any of numerous species of small, bright, colored, passerine birds of the family Cœrebidæ, related to the tanagers and wood warblers, abundant in Central and South America; they are songbirds with a curved bill for sucking nectar. [1913 Webster]