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jako

jako noun: an African grey parrot, Psittacus erithacus, commonly kept as a cage bird.

jako: an African grey parrot, Psittacus erithacus, commonly kept as a cage bird
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Noun

jako (plural jakos)

  1. An African grey parrot, Psittacus erithacus, commonly kept as a cage bird.
    • Of parrots, little Jack only saw ash-gray jakos, with red tails, which abounded under the trees. But these jakos were not new to him.1878, Jules Verne, “A Hundred Miles in Two Days”, in [anonymous], transl., Dick Sand; or, A Captain at Fifteen. […], New York, N.Y.: George Munro, […], →OCLC, part I, page 145
    • Very little is known of these birds in their wild state, although they are brought to Europe in far greater numbers than any other species. We learn from Henglin that the habitat of the Jako extends from the western coast of Africa deep into the heart of that continent […]1882, Rev. P. B. Power, The Home Visitor and District Companion

Proper noun capitalized: Jako

Jako

  1. A surname.

Forms of jako

pluraljakos

Questions about jako

What does jako mean?
Jako means an African grey parrot, Psittacus erithacus, commonly kept as a cage bird.
What part of speech is jako?
Jako can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of jako?
The plural of jako is jakos.

Words near jako in the dictionary

  1. jaking
  2. jakinib
  3. jakinibs
  4. Jakins
  5. Jakkamma
  6. jako
  7. Jakob
  8. jakobid
  9. jakobids
  10. Jakobsonian
  11. jakobssonite

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