Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The specific name of a lory of the Moluccas, Lorius domicella (Linnæus), adopted by some authors as the genus name instead of the barbarous word Lorius.
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Examples
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The remaining four species are found nowhere else: the endangered black-chinned monarch (Monarcha boanensis) and vulnerable salmon-crested cockatoo (Cacatua moluccensis), purple-naped lory (Lorius domicella), and lazuli kingfisher (Todirhamphus lazuli).
Seram rain forests 2008
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Papuan lories (Lorius domicella), four other lories and parroquets,
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The next day they were more successful, and I was delighted to see them return with a Bird of Paradise in full plumage, a pair of the fine Papuan lories (Lorius domicella), four other lories and parroquets, a grackle (Gracula dumonti), a king-hunter (Dacelo gaudichaudi), a racquet-tailed kingfisher (Tanysiptera galatea), and two or three other birds of less beauty.
The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 2 Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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Had it so been, the supposition long held of the identity of Philippa Chaucer, _domicella camera_, with Philippa Pycard,
A Forgotten Hero Not for Him Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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Some lories Eos histrio, Lorius domicella are in trouble-I'm sure I'm forgetting some.
10,000 Birds 2009
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_domicella_, could scarcely have arisen; nor should we be told that
A Forgotten Hero Not for Him Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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