| 单词 | nonpareil parrot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnonpareil parrot b. Chiefly Australian. The eastern rosella, Platycercus eximius, a brightly coloured parakeet of south-eastern Australia. More fully nonpareil parrot. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Psittaciformes (parrots, etc.) > [noun] > genus Platycercus (rosella) nonpareil1794 rosella1829 twenty-eight parrakeet1848 kakariki1855 1794 G. Shaw Zool. New Holland 1 Psittacus Eximius. The Nonpareil Parrot... It may indeed be doubted whether any bird can exhibit a plumage more elegant, or colours of a nobler hue. 1825 W. Wordsworth Contrast 4 A parrot of that famous kind Whose name is Non-pareil. 1853 F. R. Goulding Young Marooners xxxvi A nonpareil, hidden in the branches, sat whistling plaintively to its mate. 1931 N. W. Cayley What Bird is That? 145 Eastern Rosella... Also called Rosella, Rosehill Parakeet, and Nonpareil Parrot. < as lemmas |
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