单词 | lory |
释义 | loryn. A name applied to a number of parrot-like birds of brilliant plumage, chiefly bristle-tongued and belonging to the family Loriinæ, found in South-eastern Asia, the Asiatic Archipelago, and Australia. Cf. loerie n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Psittaciformes (parrots, etc.) > [noun] > genus Lorius (lory) newry1598 lory1692 the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Cuculiformes (cuckoos, etc.) > [noun] > family Musophagidae (turaco) turaco1743 loerie1798 lory1810 plantain-cutter1859 1692 London Gaz. No. 2811/4 An East-India Lourey, Paraquits, and several other outlandish Birds. 1704 tr. J. Nieuhof Voy. E.-Indies in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. II. 357 The Lory Bird is a Bird as big as a Parrot, but of a much finer Colour. 1731 E. Albin Nat. Hist. Birds I. 13 The Laurey. 1751 G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds IV. 173 The Long-tailed Scarlet Lory... It differs principally from the three last foregoing Lories, in being smaller. 1751 G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds IV. 174 The Lory-Parrakeet. 1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 112 From Saba and Sao are brought large red loories, also black ones. 1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Misc. Tracts 208/2 The most remarkable birds to be seen in Amboyna are luries. 1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama x. 106 'Twas Camdeo riding on his lory, 'Twas the immortal youth of Love. 1848 H. W. Haygarth Recoll. Bush Life Austral. xii. 139 The lorie, with his splendid livery of blue and green. 1850 J. B. Clutterbuck Port Phillip iii. 40 The King Parrot is the most beautiful, and that called the Lowrie is, perhaps, the most docile. 1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. G. Hamlyn (1894) xviii. 147 Flaming lories..fly whistling..through the gloomy forest. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1692 |
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