Crossword-Solution: LORIKEET
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| Lorikeet | n. | Any one numerous species of small brush-tongued parrots or lories, found mostly in Australia, New Guinea and the adjacent islands, with some forms in the East Indies. They are arboreal in their habits and feed largely upon the honey of flowers. They belong to Trichoglossus, Loriculus, and several allied genera. |
We have 10 clues for the answer “LORIKEET”
| Clue | Answers |
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| small brightly coloured Australian parrot | 1 answer |
| Small parrot | 5 answers |
| bird Australian | 10 answers |
| COLOURFUL bird | 12 answers |
| BIRD of plumage | 19 answers |
| Plumed bird | 21 answers |
| Australian parrot. | 23 answers |
| Asia bird | 28 answers |
| Parrot | 57 answers |
| Australian bird | 60 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ETEAR
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greedy person
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Sentences with LORIKEET (5)
Six different kinds of woodpeckers and four kingfishers were found here, the fine hornbill, Buceros lunatus, more than four feet long, and the pretty little lorikeet, Loriculus pusillus, scarcely more than as many inches.
When the Jambu, or rose apple (Eugenic sp.), was in flower in the village, flocks of the little lorikeet (Charmosyna placentis), already met with in Gilolo, came to feed upon the nectar, and I obtained as many specimens as I desired.
The only kinds known were the ring-necked lory and the common red and green lorikeet, both common at Amboyna.
The blue mountain parrot (red-collared lorikeet), the red-winged lory, the black cockatoo (Leach's), and other well-known species, fleet and venturesome, to whom two miles and a half of "salt, estranging sea" cannot be any check, certainly do not use the island for nesting as birds of "innocent and quiet minds" might.
Etym: [From a native name.] (Zoöl.) Defn: An Australian lorikeet (Trichoglossus multicolor) remarkable for the variety and brilliancy of its colors; -- called also blue- bellied lorikeet, and blue-bellied parrot.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1972).