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grass parrot

grass parrot noun: any of various parrots that live in grassy country, especially of the genera Psephotus and Neophema.

Noun

grass parrot (plural grass parrots)

  1. (Australia) Any of various parrots that live in grassy country, especially of the genera Psephotus and Neophema.
    • Picture smoke-choked birds—the native swifts & grass parrots that had not been caught & painted […] dropping dead from the sky into that boiling sea.2001, Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish, Vintage, published 2016, page 417
    Synonyms:
    grass parakeet

Synonyms of grass parrot

  • grass parakeet

Forms of grass parrot

pluralgrass parrots

Questions about grass parrot

What does grass parrot mean?
Grass parrot means any of various parrots that live in grassy country, especially of the genera Psephotus and Neophema.
What part of speech is grass parrot?
Grass parrot is a noun.
What is the plural of grass parrot?
The plural of grass parrot is grass parrots.

Words near grass parrot in the dictionary

  1. grass mud horses
  2. grass of Parnassus
  3. grass oil
  4. grass oils
  5. grass on
  6. grass parrot
  7. grass parrots
  8. grass pea
  9. grass peas
  10. grass pink
  11. grass pinks

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