lory
Americannoun
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lories
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of lory
1685–95; (< Dutch lori, loeri ) < Malay lori, luri, nuri parrot
Example Sentences
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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
Dear lory, may his beak retain Ever its delicate rose stain As if the wounded lotus-blossoms Had marked their thief to know again!
From Dramatic Romances by Robert Browning
“Where did you shoot that beautiful lory, uncle?”
From Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas by Anonymous
One day he took his gun with the intention of shooting a specimen of the lovely Blue Mountain parrot or lory, and this he meant to skin and preserve.
From First in the Field A Story of New South Wales by L. Rahey
The seized birds were identified as black-capped lories, a type of parrot native to New Guinea and nearby islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean.
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2020
Yet the ferries are crammed with them: Indonesian soldiers returning from a tour in Papua typically pack a few wild cockatoos or lories to sell.
From Economist ● Apr. 19, 2018
They walked, hitchhiked, stole rides atop freight trains and climbed aboard empty lories after setting out from the Guatemala border in search of safety or a better lot in life.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 6, 2018
The local folks help by bringing their pet lories to sample.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2011
Flocks of doves, large lavender-plumed pigeons, white cockatoos, long-tailed lories, and parrots whose feathers bore all the colours of the rainbow; but shorewards that was all.
From Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle by A. Forestier
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