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单词 naretha
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Narethan.

Brit. /nəˈriːθə/, U.S. /nəˈriθə/, Australian English /nəˈriːθə/
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Naretha.
Etymology: < Naretha, the name of a town and railway station in south-eastern Western Australia where the bird was first described (see quots. 1922 for Naretha parrot n., 1943 for Naretha parrot n.).
Naretha parrot n. (also Naretha blue bonnet) a blue bonnet parrot of the endangered subspecies Northiella (or Psephotus) haematogaster narethae, which is confined to south-eastern parts of Western Australia.
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1922 Bulletin (Sydney) 12 Jan. 20/3 From so inaccessible a place as Naretha, on the East-West line, F. Whitlock lately secured a new species of parrot, the Naretha.
1943 C. Barrett Austral. Animal Bk. 233 The little blue bonnet, or Naretha parrot..was discovered in..a station on the Trans-Australian Railway.
1966 N. W. Cayley What Bird is That? (ed. 4) 158 Little Blue-bonnet Parrot Psephotus narethæ... Also called Naretha Parrot.
1999 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 10 July 5 Western Australia has developed a scheme for the collective breeding of Carnaby's black cockatoo and the Naretha blue bonnet.
2002 Sunday Mail (S. Austral.) (Nexis) 27 Oct. I..reared and sold Naretha parrots and trapped dingoes and claimed the bounty.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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