lorikeet
noun
lor·i·keet ˈlȯr-ə-ˌkēt 
ˈlär-
: any of numerous small arboreal chiefly Australasian parrots (family Loriidae) that usually have long slender tongue papillae which form an organ resembling a brush
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web No more volunteering or group lunches, nothing really, beyond the backyard of their home in Geelong, outside Melbourne, where socializing was reduced to a tree filled with rainbow lorikeets. 
Damien Cave, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2020 Relentlessly chirpy, the noisy miner blasts the alarm before dawn alongside the screeching and flapping of rainbow lorikeets, parrots brighter than Magic Markers and that argue like toddlers. New York Times, 21 Sep. 2019 Hello, rainbow lorikeets, and welcome back to another edition of This Week in Timothée Chalamet. Cady Drell, Marie Claire, 26 July 2019 Hello, rainbow lorikeets, and welcome back to another edition of This Week in Timothée Chalamet. Cady Drell, Marie Claire, 26 July 2019 Hello, rainbow lorikeets, and welcome back to another edition of This Week in Timothée Chalamet. Cady Drell, Marie Claire, 26 July 2019 Hello, rainbow lorikeets, and welcome back to another edition of This Week in Timothée Chalamet. Cady Drell, Marie Claire, 26 July 2019 Hello, rainbow lorikeets, and welcome back to another edition of This Week in Timothée Chalamet. Cady Drell, Marie Claire, 26 July 2019 Hello, rainbow lorikeets, and welcome back to another edition of This Week in Timothée Chalamet. Cady Drell, Marie Claire, 26 July 2019 See More
Damien Cave, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2020 Relentlessly chirpy, the noisy miner blasts the alarm before dawn alongside the screeching and flapping of rainbow lorikeets, parrots brighter than Magic Markers and that argue like toddlers. New York Times, 21 Sep. 2019 Hello, rainbow lorikeets, and welcome back to another edition of This Week in Timothée Chalamet. Cady Drell, Marie Claire, 26 July 2019 Hello, rainbow lorikeets, and welcome back to another edition of This Week in Timothée Chalamet. Cady Drell, Marie Claire, 26 July 2019 Hello, rainbow lorikeets, and welcome back to another edition of This Week in Timothée Chalamet. Cady Drell, Marie Claire, 26 July 2019 Hello, rainbow lorikeets, and welcome back to another edition of This Week in Timothée Chalamet. Cady Drell, Marie Claire, 26 July 2019 Hello, rainbow lorikeets, and welcome back to another edition of This Week in Timothée Chalamet. Cady Drell, Marie Claire, 26 July 2019 Hello, rainbow lorikeets, and welcome back to another edition of This Week in Timothée Chalamet. Cady Drell, Marie Claire, 26 July 2019 See More Word History
Etymology
lory + -keet (as in parakeet)
First Known Use
1770, in the meaning defined above