Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of trichoglossine parrots related to the lories, containing several species of the Philippine, Malaccan, and Papuan islands, as E. linnæi, E. polychlorus, etc.
- noun [lowercase] A parrot of the genus Eclectus.
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Examples
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It was an eclectus parrot we named Charlie even though it was a girl.
sTORI Telling Tori Spelling 2008
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Although one of the eclectus pairs is nesting, it seems ...
Breakfast in Bed desayunoencama 2004
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The 10-year-old eclectus parrot was found in a house in Melbourne's north after a tip-off to Crime Stoppers, police said on Wednesday.
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The 10-year-old eclectus parrot was found in a house in Melbourne's north after a tip-off to Crime Stoppers, police said on Wednesday.
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While all the other birds were caged by their owners yesterday afternoon, for eight-year-old Paddy the eclectus parrot, decked out in his harness, the experience was quite different.
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Police said Eccles was a 10-year-old eclectus parrot who liked to mimic people, saying
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