lorikeet
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of lorikeet
First recorded in 1765–75; lory + (para)keet
Example Sentences
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Chester Zoo said two Mitchell's lorikeet chicks hatched in September.
From BBC • Dec. 14, 2023
In 2022 Wilson completed a proof-of-concept study with eight lorikeet samples.
From Scientific American • Jun. 13, 2023
At 30 centimeters tall and 100 grams, the rainbow lorikeet towers over most nectarivorous birds and is utterly incapable of hovering in midair like a hummingbird.
From Science Magazine • May 24, 2023
Some birds – the painted bunting in Texas, Gould’s sunbird in South Asia, the rainbow lorikeet in Australia – are gaudier than any flower.
From The Guardian • Mar. 23, 2018
Six different kinds of woodpeckers and four kingfishers were found here, the fine hornbill, Buceros lunatus, more than four feet long, and the pretty little lorikeet, Loriculus pusillus, scarcely more than as many inches.
From The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 by Wallace, Alfred Russel
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