parrot fever

American

noun

Pathology.

psittacosis.

parrot fever British

noun

another name for psittacosis

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Etymology

Origin of parrot fever

First recorded in 1950–55

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Another message to a bird-lover urged him to contact a Birmingham pet shop after buying parrots there because the seller had subsequently died from what was believed to be Psittacosis or "parrot fever".

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