| 单词 | ring-necked parakeet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasring-necked parakeet ring-necked parakeet n. any of several chiefly green parakeets of the genus Psittacula having a ring-shaped marking around the neck; now spec. the rose-ringed parakeet, P. krameri; cf. ring parakeet n. at ring n.1 Compounds 2b, ring-neck parakeet n. at ring-neck n. Compounds. ΚΠ 1827 Q. Jrnl. Sci., Lit., & Art Jan. 98 In the ring-necked parroquet, the inner ring of the iris, which has a grey colour, becomes sensibly narrower when the pupil contracts. 1885 A. Newton in Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 322/2 The species that has the widest range, and that by far, is the common Ring-necked Parakeet, Palæornis torquatus, a well-known cage-bird which is found..across Africa..as well as throughout the whole of India, [etc.]. 1964 A. L. Thomson New Dict. Birds 602/1 Another well-known African species is the Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri, also distributed over the warmer parts of south-eastern Asia. 2004 Week 25 Sept. 31/1 In southeast England, the African ring-necked parakeet already outnumbers native birds such as barn owls, nightingales and kingfishers. < as lemmas |
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