LORIKEET


Meaning of LORIKEET in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈlȯr-ə-ˌkēt, ˈlär- ]

noun

Etymology: lory + -keet (as in parakeet )

Date: 1770

: any of numerous small arboreal chiefly Australasian parrots (family Loriidae) that usually have long slender tongue papillae which form an organ resembling a brush

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