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lourie

lourie noun: any of several species of the family Musophagidae.

Noun

lourie (plural louries)

  1. Any of several species of the family Musophagidae.
    Synonyms:
    turaco

Proper noun capitalized: Lourie

Lourie (plural Louries)

  1. A surname.

lourie meaning in Tamil

lourie in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும்

Synonyms of lourie

Forms of lourie

Noun
plurallouries
Proper noun
pluralLouries

Origin of lourie

From Afrikaans loerie, ultimately from the same Malay word nuri, luri (“parrot”) as lory.

Variant of Laurie, Lowry, or Luria.

Questions about lourie

What does lourie mean?
Lourie means any of several species of the family Musophagidae.
What is lourie in Tamil?
Lourie in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும். See Lourie meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lourie?
Lourie can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of lourie?
The plural of lourie is louries.

Words near lourie in the dictionary

  1. lourenswalsite
  2. Lourenço Marques
  3. loureth
  4. Lourett
  5. louri
  6. lourie
  7. louries
  8. louring
  9. louringly
  10. lourings
  11. louris

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lourie (page history and authors); Lourie (page history and authors); lourie (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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