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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 fruits
Familiarity information: LORY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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