turquoisine

Definitions

Synonym of turquoise parrot.

Equivalents

Examples

“The smaller parrakeets, such as budgerigars, turquoisines, and love⟳ birds, delight In going in and out of the cocoa nuts, but I never saw⟳ a cockatiel enter⟳ one, nor do I see⟳ how they could do so without detriment to their long tails.”

“But if the Aviarist be ambitious to keep⟳ the lovely, but destructive, members of the Parrot family, he must be content with grass alone, because Parrakeets (except the weak-billed Turquoisines and Elegants) would destroy⟳ the shrubs and trees in a day.”

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