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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any one of some 20 species of small parrots of the genus Loriculus, or Coryllis, which have the habit of hanging suspended by their feet, especially when sleeping. They inhabit the Indo-Malay region. Also known as hanging-parrots, hanging-parrakeets, and bat-parrots.
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