ˌsid.əsə̇ˈfȯr(ˌ)mēz, -əkə̇- noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Psittacus + -iformes
: an order of zygodactyl birds comprising the parrots and related birds (as the amazons, cockatoos, lorikeets, lories, macaws, parrakeets)
ˌsid.əsə̇ˈfȯr(ˌ)mēz, -əkə̇- noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Psittacus + -iformes
: an order of zygodactyl birds comprising the parrots and related birds (as the amazons, cockatoos, lorikeets, lories, macaws, parrakeets)
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012