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night parrot

night parrot noun: pezoporus occidentalis, a small parrot endemic to Australia.

Noun

night parrot (plural night parrots)

  1. Pezoporus occidentalis, a small parrot endemic to Australia.
    • Two small green-feathered birds, no bigger than mice, jumped from twig to twig in the nearby grass. Rare birds. Rare find. Night parrots.2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Constable (2009), page 419

Forms of night parrot

pluralnight parrots

Questions about night parrot

What does night parrot mean?
Night parrot means pezoporus occidentalis, a small parrot endemic to Australia.
What part of speech is night parrot?
Night parrot is a noun.
What is the plural of night parrot?
The plural of night parrot is night parrots.

Words near night parrot in the dictionary

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  2. night out
  3. night owl
  4. night owls
  5. night palsy
  6. night parrot
  7. night parrots
  8. night people
  9. night person
  10. night piece
  11. night rider

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