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LORIKEET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lorikeet mean?
• LORIKEET (noun)
The noun LORIKEET has 1 sense:
1. any of various small lories
Familiarity information: LORIKEET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various small lories
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("lorikeet" is a kind of...):
lory (small brightly colored Australasian parrots having a brush-tipped tongue for feeding on nectar and soft fruits)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lorikeet"):
Glossopsitta versicolor; varied Lorikeet (lorikeet with a colorful coat)
rainbow lorikeet; Trichoglossus moluccanus (a kind of lorikeet)
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