English Explanatory Dictionary

psittacine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of or pertaining to parrots.

noun

Any bird in the order Psittaciformes: a parrot.

Word forms

psittacine psittacines

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ψιττακός (psittakós) + -ine. By surface analysis, psittac- + -ine.

Synonyms

parrot

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