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LORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lory mean? 

LORY (noun)
  The noun LORY has 1 sense:

1. small brightly colored Australasian parrots having a brush-tipped tongue for feeding on nectar and soft fruitsplay

  Familiarity information: LORY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LORY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small brightly colored Australasian parrots having a brush-tipped tongue for feeding on nectar and soft fruits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("lory" is a kind of...):

parrot (usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lory"):

lorikeet (any of various small lories)

Holonyms ("lory" is a member of...):

Loriinae; subfamily Loriinae (lories)


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