psittacine

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  1. adjective Relating to, resembling, or characteristic of parrots.
  2. adjective Of or belonging to the family Psittacidae, which includes the parrots, macaws, and parakeets.

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  1. Latin psittacīnus, from psittacus, parrot, from Greek psittakos.

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  1. from Late Latin psittacinus, of or pertaining to a parrot, from psittacus, a parrot: see Psittacus.
 

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