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LORIINAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Loriinae mean?
• LORIINAE (noun)
The noun LORIINAE has 1 sense:
1. lories
Familiarity information: LORIINAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lories
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Loriinae; subfamily Loriinae
Hypernyms ("Loriinae" is a kind of...):
bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)
Meronyms (members of "Loriinae"):
lory (small brightly colored Australasian parrots having a brush-tipped tongue for feeding on nectar and soft fruits)
genus Glossopsitta; Glossopsitta; genus Trichoglossus; Trichoglossus (a genus of Loriinae)
Holonyms ("Loriinae" is a member of...):
family Psittacidae; Psittacidae (coextensive with the order Psittaciformes)
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