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lory in British English
(ˈlɔːrɪ), lowry or lowrie (ˈlaʊrɪ)
nounWord forms: plural -ries
any of various small brightly coloured parrots of Australia and Indonesia, having a brush-tipped tongue with which to feed on nectar and pollen
Word origin
C17: via Dutch from Malay lūrī, variant of nūrīlory in American English
(ˈloʊri; ˈlɔri)
nounWord forms: plural ˈlories
any of several small, brightly colored, short-tailed parrots, native to Australia and the East Indies with a fringed, brushlike tip of the tongue for feeding on soft fruits and nectar
Word origin
Malay lūrīImage oflory
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birdDefinition of 'lory'
- tree frog
- tree fuchsia
- tree heath
- treehopper
- tree house
- treehouse
- tree hugger
- tree kangaroo
- tree lawn
- treelawn
- tree layer
- treeless
- treelessness
- treelike
- tree line
- tree-lined
- treelined
- tree mallow
- treen
- treenail
- treenware
- tree of heaven
- tree of knowledge
- tree of knowledge of good and evil
- tree of life