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单词 african grey parrot
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African grey parrot
African grey n. (more fully African grey parrot) the parrot Psittacus erithacus, with chiefly grey plumage and a red tail, which is native to the rainforests of West and Central Africa and popular elsewhere as a pet, being noted for its ability to mimic speech.
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1754 M. Catesby & G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Carolina (rev. ed.) I. 10/1 The Parrot of Paradise of Cuba, is somewhat less than the common African Grey Parrot.
1851 ‘Parrot-keeper’ Parrot-keeper's Guide 33 A valuable African grey parrot having taken a severe cold, was attacked with violent diarrhœa.
1930 Public Health Rep. (U.S. Public Health Service) 45 2017 A case [of psittacosis]..followed a bite on the tongue by an African gray parrot.
2006 Bark Jan. 80/2 Full of cockatoos and parrots and one splendid African Gray. They were kept in cages, in neat rows, except for that Gray.
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