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tiriba

tiriba noun: the white-eared parakeet.

Noun

tiriba (plural tiribas)

  1. (obsolete, possibly) The white-eared parakeet.
    • Perroquets, maracanas, maitaccas, tiribas, curicas, camutangas, nandayas, and other species of parrots, flew, loudly screaming, in numerous flocks from bank to bank;1830, Josiah Conder, Brazil and Buenos Ayres ..., page 142
    • The Ganuba is found in the northern parts of Brazil, especially in the regions near the Amazon river, but nowhere else in great numbers. Another of the gorgeously colored Paroquets, is the Tiriba, of Brazil (Conurus leucotis).1878, Jacob Henry Studer, Studer's Popular Ornithology ..., page 69

Forms of tiriba

pluraltiribas

Origin of tiriba

From Old Tupi tiriba.

Questions about tiriba

What does tiriba mean?
Tiriba means the white-eared parakeet.
What part of speech is tiriba?
Tiriba is a noun.
What is the plural of tiriba?
The plural of tiriba is tiribas.

Words near tiriba in the dictionary

  1. Tirfing
  2. TIRFs
  3. Tirhut Division
  4. Tirhuta
  5. Tiri
  6. tiriba
  7. tiribas
  8. Tirich Mir
  9. tirilazad
  10. tiring
  11. tiring out

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