α. 1900s– quarian, 1900s– quarien, 1900s– quarrian, 1900s– quarrien, 1900s– quarrion.
β. 1900s– quarry hen.
quarrionn.
/ˈkwɒrɪən/, U.S. /ˈkwɔriən/, /ˈkwɑriən/, Australian English /ˈkwɔriən/ Australian.
The cockatiel, Nymphicus hollandicus.
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1900 A. J. Campbell Nests & Eggs Austral. Birds 622 The Grey and Yellow Top-knotted Parrot (‘Quarrion’, native name among bushmen) flies round about waterholes.
1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 26 Sept. 21/3 Quarians caught by broken wings on telephone-wires and emus held by the leg in fences are other casualties I've come across.
1943 ‘W. Hatfield’ I find Austral. v. 87 Quarrion parrots and ring-necks..added their morning warbles to the screeching and trilling.
1964 People (Austral.) 16 Dec. 38 The quarrians, sometimes known as cockaties or cockatoo parrots, are far from home.
1976 N. V. Wallace Bush Lawyer 129 There were flocks of green budgerigars and grey and white parrots, or quarrions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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