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| lor·i·keet [ láwri kt ] (plural lor·i·keets or lor·i·keet) |
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small parrot: a small brightly colored parrot with a bristle-tipped tongue for extracting nectar and pollen from flowers. It is smaller than a lory. Native to: Australia, Pacific Islands. Subfamily Loriinae.
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| [Late 18th century. <lory, after parakeet] |
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