parrie
/ˈpari
/noun NZ informal
Informal term for paradise duck. a discordant orchestra of parries followed me for hours...
- A parrie in hand is better than 8 mallards that might take off before I get there.
- Still parrie season but I saw bugger all.
- The summer season is now open for hunting parries.
Origin
1940s: abbreviation.
- point of order
- point of osculinflection
- point of sailing
- point of sale
- point of view
- Pointolite
- point pair
- point paper
- point particle
- point person
- point policeman
- point rationing
- point resistance
- point saillant
- point-scoring
- point screw
- point set
- points food
- point shaving
- point shoe
- point size
- points lever
- love dose
- love draft
- love draught