| 单词 | rosella parrot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrosella parrot 1. Originally: an eastern Australian parrot, Platycercus eximius, which has a red and white head, yellow belly, bluish wings, and greenish tail (later more fully eastern rosella). Later also (usually with distinguishing word): any of several other brightly coloured Australian parrots of the genus Platycercus. Also more fully rosella parakeet, rosella parrot.There are three groups of rosella species, some of which can interbreed, and there are a number of distinctively coloured races. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Psittaciformes (parrots, etc.) > [noun] > genus Platycercus (rosella) nonpareil1794 rosella1829 twenty-eight parrakeet1848 kakariki1855 1829 Sydney Gaz. 21 July 4/1 The doleful dying quails, And roselles golden. 1838 J. Hawdon Jrnl. 15 Mar. in Journey New S. Wales to Adelaide (1952) 51 Parrots now appeared more numerous, Rosellas and others. 1847 F. W. L. Leichhardt Jrnl. Overland Exped. Austral. iii. 80 The common white cockatoo, and the Moreton Bay Rosella parrot, were very numerous. 1881 Chequered Career 167 The bright-plumaged paraquets and rosellas that are so familiar to the Australian eye. 1911 St. C. Grondona Collar & Cuffs 63 Parrots are scarce, excepting the Moreton Bay rosella. 1941 Coast to Coast 86 Thither were transferred..the assortment of rosellas and grass parrots that had in one way or another fallen into captivity. 1967 V. G. C. Norwood Long Haul 54 Murray Smokers—small, yellow rosella parrakeets—were active in the thickets. 1985 H. Maris & S. Borg Women of Sun 143 She looked like a giant rosella in her green and red frock and yellow-striped cardigan. 2003 Quilter's Newslet. Mag. July 52/1 The park is the residence of many native species of birds, such as the green, orange, and purple lorikeets and the blue and crimson rosellas. < as lemmas |
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