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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A Linnean genus of Psittaci, formerly conterminous with the order, subsequently variously restricted, now usually confined to the gray African parrots, or jackos (as P. erithacus, in which the plumage is grayish, with a short square red tail), which are among the commonest cage-birds. See cut under parrot.

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  • noun type genus of the Psittacidae: usually restricted to the African grey

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