| 单词 | mountain parrot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmountain parrot mountain parrot n. a parrot that inhabits mountainous country; (in later use spec.) the kea, Nestor notabilis. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Psittaciformes (parrots, etc.) > [noun] > genus Nestor (kea) kakac1774 mountain parrot1804 kea1862 1804 Sydney Gaz. 3 June 2 A Mountain Parrot belonging to Addy a settler on the banks of Hawkesbury. 1871 Nature 19 Oct. 489/2 A shepherd noticed one of the mountain parrots sticking to a sheep and pecking at a sore. 1895 Times 20 Dec. 13/1 The Kea of New Zealand..a mountain parrot naturally frugivorous, which has developed a fatal taste for mutton. 1930 W. M. Mann Wild Animals in & out of Zoo xx. 252 The kea or mountain parrot of New Zealand, a powerful bird, noted in its native habitat for its practice of killing sheep. 1992 P. Theroux Happy Isles Oceania ii. 17 The kea, or mountain parrot, is so confident it becomes an intruder, squawking its own name and poking into your knapsack. < as lemmas |
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