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lorikeet

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I have a Rainbow Lorikeet and a Rose-Breasted Cockatoo that moved in along with the wife after we married - The Lorikeet is extremely animated, and the Cockatoo (a rescue) extremely timid.

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Any of various small, brightly coloured parrots native to Australasia. They are usually classified in the subfamily Loriinae.

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noun

Any of various small, brightly coloured parrots native to Australasia. They are usually classified in the subfamily Loriinae.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for lorikeet.

noun

Any of various small, brightly coloured parrots native to Australasia. They are usually classified in the subfamily Loriinae.

Example sentences

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I have a Rainbow Lorikeet and a Rose-Breasted Cockatoo that moved in along with the wife after we married - The Lorikeet is extremely animated, and the Cockatoo (a rescue) extremely timid.

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The Lorikeet has learnt to mimic the warning calls of local Sulphur-Crested Cockatoos, Noisy Minors, Common Mynahs.

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Occasionally, in the dead of night, the Lorikeet would make little satisfaction chirps while he's preening himself.

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We made friends with a lorikeet (parrot) we named 'Percy' 11 years ago, our first one.

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Not finding a better home for my rescued Rainbow Lorikeet when I was moving countries.

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Alternatively the lorikeet was looking for something to swoop down at.

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And then a rainbow lorikeet [1] alit on the far end of my bench and aimlessly walked around for a minute or so before flying away again.

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A few years ago my mother and I found an injured baby Rainbow Lorikeet in the middle of the road (some kind of wing injury).

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It's interesting how one community sees the rainbow lorikeet as an invasive pest that needs to be eliminated and another community is carefully redesigning buildings to save the poor rainbow lorikeets.

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She grew to understand us, even appearing to understand us when we were happy, and when we were sad - that little Lorikeet really appeared to be empathic..

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They said they'd take their time introducing the other lorikeet (I wasn't worried about this because they said they had lots of prior bird experience, and we discussed this point specifically to make sure we were on the same page with the introductions).

Proper noun examples

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One of them was a family with a young daughter who already had one other friendly Rainbow Lorikeet.

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Lorikeet: An AI platform for finance and accounting teams that automates bookkeeping, reconciliations, and financial workflows.

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How do you use lorikeet in a sentence?

I have a Rainbow Lorikeet and a Rose-Breasted Cockatoo that moved in along with the wife after we married - The Lorikeet is extremely animated, and the Cockatoo (a rescue) extremely timid.

What does lorikeet mean?

Any of various small, brightly coloured parrots native to Australasia. They are usually classified in the subfamily Loriinae.

What part of speech is lorikeet?

lorikeet is commonly used as noun.