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psittacus
(wn) | Psittacus
n 1: type genus of the Psittacidae: usually restricted to the
African grey [syn: Psittacus, genus Psittacus] |
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Melopsittacus undulatus
(gcide) | lovebird \lovebird\ n.
A small Australian parakeet (Melopsittacus undulatus)
usually light green with black and yellow markings in the
wild but bred in many colors; also called the budgie.
Syn: budgerigar, budgereegah, budgerygah, budgie, grass
parakeet, shell parakeet, Melopsittacus undulatus.
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2. small African parrot noted for showing affection for their
mates.
[WordNet 1.5]budgerigar \budg"er*i*gar\, budgereegah \budgereegah\,
budgerygah \budgerygah\n.
small Australian parakeet (Melopsittacus undulatus) usually
light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but
bred in many colors.
Syn: budgie, grass parakeet, lovebird, shell parakeet.
[WordNet 1.5]budgie \budg"ie\ n.
small Australian parakeet (Melopsittacus undulatus) usually
light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but
bred in many colors.
Syn: budgerigar, budgereegah, budgerygah, grass parakeet,
lovebird, shell parakeet.
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Psittacus erithacus
(gcide) | Gray \Gray\ (gr[=a]), a. [Compar. Grayer; superl. Grayest.]
[OE. gray, grey, AS. gr[=ae]g, gr[=e]g; akin to D. graauw,
OHG. gr[=a]o, G. grau, Dan. graa, Sw. gr[*a], Icel. gr[=a]r.]
[Written also grey.]
1. any color of neutral hue between white and black; white
mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of
ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed
color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove.
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These gray and dun colors may be also produced by
mixing whites and blacks. --Sir I.
Newton.
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2. Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary.
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3. Old; mature; as, gray experience. -- Ames.
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4. gloomy; dismal.
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Gray antimony (Min.), stibnite.
Gray buck (Zool.), the chickara.
Gray cobalt (Min.), smaltite.
Gray copper (Min.), tetrahedrite.
Gray duck (Zool.), the gadwall; also applied to the female
mallard.
Gray falcon (Zool.) the peregrine falcon.
Gray Friar. See Franciscan, and Friar.
Gray hen (Zool.), the female of the blackcock or black
grouse. See Heath grouse.
Gray mill or Gray millet (Bot.), a name of several plants
of the genus Lithospermum; gromwell.
Gray mullet (Zool.) any one of the numerous species of the
genus Mugil, or family Mugilid[ae], found both in the
Old World and America; as the European species
(Mugilid[ae] capito, and Mugilid[ae] auratus), the
American striped mullet (Mugilid[ae] albula), and the
white or silver mullet (Mugilid[ae] Braziliensis). See
Mullet.
Gray owl (Zool.), the European tawny or brown owl ({Syrnium
aluco}). The great gray owl (Ulula cinerea) inhabits
arctic America.
Gray parrot (Zool.), an African parrot ({Psittacus
erithacus}), very commonly domesticated, and noted for its
aptness in learning to talk. Also called jako.
Gray pike. (Zool.) See Sauger.
Gray snapper (Zool.), a Florida fish; the sea lawyer. See
Snapper.
Gray snipe (Zool.), the dowitcher in winter plumage.
Gray whale (Zool.), a rather large and swift whale of the
northern Pacific (Eschrichtius robustus, formerly
Rhachianectes glaucus), having short jaws and no dorsal
fin. It grows to a length of 50 feet (someimes 60 feet).
It was formerly taken in large numbers in the bays of
California, and is now rare; -- called also grayback,
devilfish, and hardhead. It lives up to 50 or 60 years
and adults weigh from 20 to 40 tons.
[1913 Webster]Parrot \Par"rot\ (p[a^]r"r[u^]t), n. [Prob. fr. F. Pierrot, dim.
of Pierre Peter. F. pierrot is also the name of the sparrow.
Cf. Paroquet, Petrel, Petrify.]
1. (Zool.) In a general sense, any bird of the order
Psittaci.
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2. (Zool.) Any species of Psittacus, Chrysotis, Pionus,
and other genera of the family Psittacid[ae], as
distinguished from the parrakeets, macaws, and lories.
They have a short rounded or even tail, and often a naked
space on the cheeks. The gray parrot, or jako ({Psittacus
erithacus}) of Africa (see Jako), and the species of
Amazon, or green, parrots (Chrysotis) of America, are
examples. Many species, as cage birds, readily learn to
imitate sounds, and to repeat words and phrases.
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Carolina parrot (Zool.), the Carolina parrakeet. See
Parrakeet.
Night parrot, or Owl parrot. (Zool.) See Kakapo.
Parrot coal, cannel coal; -- so called from the crackling
and chattering sound it makes in burning. [Eng. & Scot.]
Parrot green. (Chem.) See Scheele's green, under Green,
n.
Parrot weed (Bot.), a suffrutescent plant ({Bocconia
frutescens}) of the Poppy family, native of the warmer
parts of America. It has very large, sinuate, pinnatifid
leaves, and small, panicled, apetalous flowers.
Parrot wrasse, Parrot fish (Zool.), any fish of the genus
Scarus. One species (Scarus Cretensis), found in the
Mediterranean, is esteemed by epicures, and was highly
prized by the ancient Greeks and Romans.
[1913 Webster]Jako \Jak"o\ (j[a^]k"[-o]), n. (Zool.)
An African parrot (Psittacus erithacus), very commonly kept
as a cage bird; -- called also gray parrot.
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genus melopsittacus
(wn) | genus Melopsittacus
n 1: a genus of Psittacidae [syn: Melopsittacus, {genus
Melopsittacus}] |
genus psittacus
(wn) | genus Psittacus
n 1: type genus of the Psittacidae: usually restricted to the
African grey [syn: Psittacus, genus Psittacus] |
melopsittacus
(wn) | Melopsittacus
n 1: a genus of Psittacidae [syn: Melopsittacus, {genus
Melopsittacus}] |
melopsittacus undulatus
(wn) | Melopsittacus undulatus
n 1: small Australian parakeet usually light green with black
and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors
[syn: budgerigar, budgereegah, budgerygah, budgie,
grass parakeet, lovebird, shell parakeet,
Melopsittacus undulatus] |
psittacus
(wn) | Psittacus
n 1: type genus of the Psittacidae: usually restricted to the
African grey [syn: Psittacus, genus Psittacus] |
psittacus erithacus
(wn) | Psittacus erithacus
n 1: commonly domesticated grey parrot with red-and-black tail
and white face; native to equatorial Africa [syn: {African
grey}, African gray, Psittacus erithacus] |
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