lory
noun/ˈlɒɹi/
Etymology From Malay luri, name of kind of parrot, said to be a dialectal variant of Malay nuri. Doublet of lourie. Unrelated to Spanish loro.
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Any of various small, brightly coloured parrots native to Australasia. They are usually classified in the subfamily Loriinae.
- Just as we were going away, a handsome tree, allied to Erythrina, was in blossom, showing its masses of large crimson flowers scattered here and there about the forest. Could it have been seen from an elevation, it would have had a fine effect; from below I could only catch sight of masses of gorgeous colour in clusters and festoons overhead, about which flocks of blue and orange lories were fluttering and screaming.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 278:
- Derived terms
- black-capped lory, black lory, black-winged lory, blue-eared lory, blue-streaked lory, brown lory, cardinal lory, chattering lory, collared lory, dusky lory, purple-bellied lory, purple-naped lory, red-and-blue lory, red lory, violet-necked lory, white-naped lory, yellow-bibbed lory, yellow-streaked lory
- Related terms
- lorikeet