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lorilet, n. Ornith.|ˈlɒrɪlɛt, lɒrɪˈlɛt|
[f. lory n. + -let.]
Any of several very small, mainly green, short-tailed parrots of the genera Opopsitta and Psittaculirostris, native to the rainforests of north-east Australia and New Guinea. Also called fig-parrot.
1901A. J. Campbell Nests & Eggs Austral. Birds II. 600 During my own Cardwell camp-out (1885) we procured skins of the Blue-faced Lorilet. 1929Emu 1 Oct. 81 Is there any genus of Australian birds, containing more than one species, so little known as the Lorilets or Fig-Parrots? 1966Eastman & Hunt Parrots Austral. 46 The Lorilets are almost impossible to distinguish from each other in flight. |