lorikeet
noun
lor·i·keet
ˈlȯr-ə-ˌkēt 
ˈlär-
: any of numerous small arboreal chiefly Australasian parrots (family Loriidae) that usually have long slender tongue papillae which form an organ resembling a brush
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The cowering and other expressions of anxiety seen in dogs were also observed in baboons, gorillas, giraffes, and flamingos, as well as in parrots and other species of lorikeets.
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TIME, 25 Mar. 2024
Swim with dolphins, meet sea turtles and lorikeets, paint with sea lions and more.
—Priscilla Blossom, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
Around 40 percent of rainbow lorikeets that present with a severe case of this unexplained paralysis won’t survive.
—Ayla Gard, Scientific American, 13 June 2023
For now, the priority is figuring out everything the sick lorikeets are eating.
—Ayla Gard, Scientific American, 13 June 2023
In 2022 Wilson completed a proof-of-concept study with eight lorikeet samples.
—Ayla Gard, Scientific American, 13 June 2023
Special draws include giraffe feeding, Treetop Trek Aerial Adventures, a kangaroo walkabout and the chance to feed lorikeets.
—Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Feb. 2023
No more volunteering or group lunches, nothing really, beyond the backyard of their home in Geelong, outside Melbourne, where socializing was reduced to a tree filled with rainbow lorikeets.
—Damien Cave, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2020
Relentlessly chirpy, the noisy miner blasts the alarm before dawn alongside the screeching and flapping of rainbow lorikeets, parrots brighter than Magic Markers and that argue like toddlers.
—New York Times, 21 Sep. 2019
TIME, 25 Mar. 2024
Swim with dolphins, meet sea turtles and lorikeets, paint with sea lions and more.
—Priscilla Blossom, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
Around 40 percent of rainbow lorikeets that present with a severe case of this unexplained paralysis won’t survive.
—Ayla Gard, Scientific American, 13 June 2023
For now, the priority is figuring out everything the sick lorikeets are eating.
—Ayla Gard, Scientific American, 13 June 2023
In 2022 Wilson completed a proof-of-concept study with eight lorikeet samples.
—Ayla Gard, Scientific American, 13 June 2023
Special draws include giraffe feeding, Treetop Trek Aerial Adventures, a kangaroo walkabout and the chance to feed lorikeets.
—Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Feb. 2023
No more volunteering or group lunches, nothing really, beyond the backyard of their home in Geelong, outside Melbourne, where socializing was reduced to a tree filled with rainbow lorikeets.
—Damien Cave, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2020
Relentlessly chirpy, the noisy miner blasts the alarm before dawn alongside the screeching and flapping of rainbow lorikeets, parrots brighter than Magic Markers and that argue like toddlers.
—New York Times, 21 Sep. 2019
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“Lorikeet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lorikeet. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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