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Definition of lorikeet in English: lorikeetnoun ˈlɒrɪkiːtˈlɔrəˌkit 1A small bird of the lory family, found chiefly in New Guinea. Charmosyna and other genera, family Loridae (or Psittacidae): several species Example sentencesExamples - Active fast flying lorikeets and big birds such as cockatoos and macaws should be in a large flight aviary.
- On a leafless European tree, not more than ten yards from my window, are sitting upwards of thirty lorikeets.
- Wild lories and lorikeets spend their days climbing, hopping and hanging upside down while feeding from flowers.
- The introduction of exotic diseases and trapping for the pet bird trade are also responsible for the declining numbers of lorikeets in the wild.
- This lorikeet is mostly green, with a yellow patch at the side of the breast.
- 1.1Australian A lory.
Example sentencesExamples - Rainbow lorikeets were introduced probably through aviary release.
- However our parrots, such as lorikeets and rosellas, need weather proof nesting boxes for natural hollow logs fixed a minimum of 3 meters from the ground.
- Rainbow lorikeets bathed by, fluttering among wet bottlebrush leaves, and continued idly stripping off leaves and twigs long after sunset.
- City visitors delighted at seeing lorikeets and possums in Brisbane gardens and other cities envied Brisbane's title of the world's most biodiverse city, he says.
- The colour combination of pale bill, dusky red tail, red on face and red under wings distinguishes the parrot from lorikeets.
Origin Late 18th century: diminutive of lory, on the pattern of parakeet. Definition of lorikeet in US English: lorikeetnounˈlɔrəˌkitˈlôrəˌkēt A small bird of the lory family, found chiefly in New Guinea. Charmosyna and other genera, family Loridae (or Psittacidae): several species Example sentencesExamples - This lorikeet is mostly green, with a yellow patch at the side of the breast.
- On a leafless European tree, not more than ten yards from my window, are sitting upwards of thirty lorikeets.
- The introduction of exotic diseases and trapping for the pet bird trade are also responsible for the declining numbers of lorikeets in the wild.
- Active fast flying lorikeets and big birds such as cockatoos and macaws should be in a large flight aviary.
- Wild lories and lorikeets spend their days climbing, hopping and hanging upside down while feeding from flowers.
Origin Late 18th century: diminutive of lory, on the pattern of parakeet. |