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swift parrots

swift parrots is the plural of swift parrot.

Meaning of swift parrot

Noun

swift parrot (plural swift parrots)

  1. A true parrot, of the endangered species Lathamus discolor, which breeds in Tasmania and migrates to mainland south-eastern Australia.
    • The swift parrot (Lathamus discolor) is a case in point. This small (24 cm) green parrot breeds on the eastern two thirds of the island of Tasmania, approximately 300 km across the Bass Strait from the southeast coast of mainland Australia, and migrates in the southern autumn (February to April) to...1996, Hugh Dingle, Migration: The Biology of Life on the Move, page 43

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What is swift parrots the plural of?
Swift parrots is the plural of swift parrot.

Words near swift parrots in the dictionary

  1. swift fruit bats
  2. swift half
  3. swift moth
  4. swift moths
  5. swift parrot
  6. swift parrots
  7. Swift Quake
  8. Swift Quakes
  9. swift tern
  10. swift terns
  11. swift-boat

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