lory

American  

[lawr-ee, lohr-ee] / ˈlɔr i, ˈloʊr i /

noun

lories plural

1. any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.

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lory British  

/ ˈlɔːrɪ, ˈlaʊrɪ /

noun

1. any of various small brightly coloured parrots of Australia and Indonesia, having a brush-tipped tongue with which to feed on nectar and pollen

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• lories
  plural

Etymology

Origin of lory

1685–95; (< Dutch lori, loeri ) < Malay lori, luri, nuri parrot

Example Sentences

Cages are full of birds such as the cardinal lory, but whether breeding takes place is unclear More than 40,000 of these were declared as captive-bred.

From BBC • Jul. 17, 2012

Theo nodded so vigorously the little lory raised her wings and scuttled sideways down his arm.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

Among the Cockatoos, the visitor should notice the great white cockatoo from the Indian Archipelago; and here also are the Alexandrine parroquet and the Papuan lory.

From How to See the British Museum in Four Visits by Jerrold, W. Blanchard

Dim is the regal peacock and lory, And the pheasant, iridescent, Pales before the gleam and glory Of the jewel-change incessant, When the sun is streaming o'er thee!

From Voices for the Speechless by Firth, Abraham

“Where did you shoot that beautiful lory, uncle?”

From Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas by Anonymous