单词 | rose parakeet |
释义 | > as lemmasrose parakeet rose parakeet n. †(a) the blossom-headed parakeet, Psittacula cyanocephala, of South Asia (obsolete rare); (b) the eastern rosella, Platycercus eximius, of Australia (now rare). ΚΠ 1868 Jrnl. Royal Dublin Soc. No. 37. 239 A Female of the Rose Parrakeet (Palæornis rosa), a native of India. 1886 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. V. ii. at Parrakeet Platycercus caledonicus and P. eximius are known respectively as the Yellow-bellied, and the Rose or Nonpareil Parrakeet, sometimes called the Rosella Parrot. 1904 New Internat. Encycl. XV. 172/2 Rosella, or Rose Parrakeet, a dealer's name, often spelled roselle, for one of the beautiful broad-tailed parrakeets of Australia (Platycercus eximius). < as lemmas |
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