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Psittaceous
Psittaceous Psit*ta"ceous, Psittacid Psit"ta*cid, a. [L.
psittacus a parrot, Gr. ?: cf. F. psittacide.] (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the parrots, or the Psittaci. -- n. One
of the Psittaci.
Psittaci
Psittaci Psit"ta*ci, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
The order of birds which comprises the parrots.
Psittacid
Psittaceous Psit*ta"ceous, Psittacid Psit"ta*cid, a. [L.
psittacus a parrot, Gr. ?: cf. F. psittacide.] (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the parrots, or the Psittaci. -- n. One
of the Psittaci.
psittacinaSarracenia Sar`ra*ce"ni*a, n. [NL. So named after a Dr.
Sarrazin of Quebec.] (Bot.)
A genus of American perennial herbs growing in bogs; the
American pitcher plant.
Note: They have hollow pitcher-shaped or tubular leaves, and
solitary flowers with an umbrella-shaped style.
Sarracenia purpurea, the sidesaddle flower, is common
at the North; S. flava, rubra, Drummondii,
variolaris, and psittacina are Southern species.
All are insectivorous, catching and drowning insects in
their curious leaves. See Illust. of Sidesaddle
flower, under Sidesaddle. Psitta-co-fulvine
Psitta-co-fulvine Psit`ta-co-ful"*vine, n. [Gr. ? a parrot +
L. fulvus yellow.]
A yellow pigment found in the feathers of certain parrots.
Psittacus erithacusJako Jak"o (j[a^]k"[-o]), n. (Zo["o]l.)
An African parrot (Psittacus erithacus), very commonly kept
as a cage bird; -- called also gray parrot. Psittacus erithacusGray Gray, a. [Compar. Grayer; superl. Grayest.] [OE.
gray, grey, AS. gr[=ae]g, gr[=e]g; akin to D. graauw, OHG.
gr[=a]o, G. grau, Dan. graa, Sw. gr[*a], Icel. gr[=a]r.]
[Written also grey.]
1. White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt,
or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark
mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove.
These gray and dun colors may be also produced by
mixing whites and blacks. --Sir I.
Newton.
2. Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary.
3. Old; mature; as, gray experience. Ames.
Gray antimony (Min.), stibnite.
Gray buck (Zo["o]l.), the chickara.
Gray cobalt (Min.), smaltite.
Gray copper (Min.), tetrahedrite.
Gray duck (Zo["o]l.), the gadwall; also applied to the
female mallard.
Gray falcon (Zo["o]l.) the peregrine falcon.
Gray Friar. See Franciscan, and Friar.
Gray hen (Zo["o]l.), the female of the blackcock or black
grouse. See Heath grouse.
Gray mill or millet (Bot.), a name of several plants of the
genus Lithospermum; gromwell.
Gray mullet (Zo["o]l.) any one of the numerous species of
the genus Mugil, or family Mugilid[ae], found both in
the Old World and America; as the European species (M.
capito, and M. auratus), the American striped mullet
(M. albula), and the white or silver mullet (M.
Braziliensis). See Mullet.
Gray owl (Zo["o]l.), the European tawny or brown owl
(Syrnium aluco). The great gray owl (Ulula cinerea)
inhabits arctic America.
Gray parrot (Zo["o]l.), a parrot (Psittacus erithacus),
very commonly domesticated, and noted for its aptness in
learning to talk.
Gray pike. (Zo["o]l.) See Sauger.
Gray snapper (Zo["o]l.), a Florida fish; the sea lawyer.
See Snapper.
Gray snipe (Zo["o]l.), the dowitcher in winter plumage.
Gray whale (Zo["o]l.), a rather large and swift California
whale (Rhachianectes glaucus), formerly taken in large
numbers in the bays; -- called also grayback,
devilfish, and hardhead.
Meaning of Psitta from wikipedia
- The Pe****ta (classical Syriac: ܦܫܺܝܛܬܳܐ or ܦܫܝܼܛܬܵܐ
pšīṭta) is the
standard version of the
Bible for
churches in the
Syriac tradition. The
consensus within...
- The name
Micropsitta is
derived from the Gr****
mikros meaning small and
psitta for parrot. The
pygmy parrots consist of six
species and
several subspecies:...
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Ethiopian tradition. The Pe****ta (classical Syriac: ܦܫܺܝܛܬܳܐ or ܦܫܝܼܛܬܵܐ
pšīṭtā) is the
standard version of the
Bible for
churches in the
Syriac tradition...
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Protognathosaurus ("first jaw lizard");
Protohadros ("first hadrosaur") psittaco-, -
psitta: Pronunciation: /sitɑːkoʊ/, /psitə/. Origin:
Ancient Gr**** ψιττακός (psittakós)...
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combines the
Ancient Gr**** mus, muos
meaning "mouse" and the Neo-Latin
psitta meaning "parrot". The name
alludes to the mouse-grey face and underparts...
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gives ****istance to
worthwhile projects, as well as
producing a
magazine (
PsittaScene) and
raising funds through donations and memberships,
often from pet...
- an
authoritative Aramaic translation of the Bible, the Pe****ta (ܦܫܝܛܬܐ
Pšīṭtā). At the same time,
Ephrem the
Syrian was
producing the most
treasured collection...
- ****los,
meaning "circle" and ōps,
meaning "eye"), and the
modern Latin psitta,
meaning "parrot". "Psittaculidae". aviansystematics.org. The
Trust for...
- name
Chalcopsitta is
derived from the Gr****
khalkos meaning "bronze" and
psitta meaning "parrot". The
three species of the
genus Chalcopsitta are about...
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morphology to a parrot; both the
genus and
specific epithets point this out ("
psitta"
means "parrot" in Gr****"). The
breeding biology of this bird is unknown...
