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night parrots

night parrots is the plural of night parrot.

Meaning of night parrot

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

Questions about night parrots

What is night parrots the plural of?
Night parrots is the plural of night parrot.

Words near night parrots in the dictionary

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

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