lory

American  

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

noun

plural

lories

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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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

Yet the New Zealand owl-parrot is, to put it plainly, a lory which has assumed all the outer appearance and habits of an owl.

From Science in Arcady by Allen, Grant

The most remarkable were the fine crimson lory, Eos rubra—a brush-tongued parroquet of a vivid crimson colour, which was very abundant.

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

A very peculiar and exceptional offshoot of the parrot group is the brush-tongued lory, several species of which are common in Australia, India, and the Molucca Islands.

From Science in Arcady by Allen, Grant