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lovebird
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun lovebird has 2 senses
- lovebird(n = noun.animal) budgereegah, budgerigar, budgerygah, budgie, grass parakeet, melopsittacus undulatus, shell parakeet - small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors; Array is a kind of parakeet, paraquet, paroquet, parrakeet, parroket, parroquet
- lovebird(n = noun.animal) Array - small African parrot noted for showing affection for their mates; Array is a kind of parrot
is a member of genus melopsittacus, melopsittacus
is a member of agapornis, genus agapornis
CIDE DICTIONARY
lovebird, n.
- A small Australian parakeet (
Melopsittacus undulatus ) usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors; also called thebudgie . [WordNet 1.5] - small African parrot noted for showing affection for their mates. [WordNet 1.5]
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