NOUN | animal | Psittaciformes, order Psittaciformes | an order of birds including parrots and amazons and cockatoos and lorikeets and lories and macaws and parakeets |
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Meaning | An order of birds including parrots and amazons and cockatoos and lorikeets and lories and macaws and parakeets. | |
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Synonym | order Psittaciformes | |
Member of | Aves, class Aves | (ornithology) the class of birds |
Members | Psittacidae, family Psittacidae | coextensive with the order Psittaciformes |
parrot | usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds | |
Broader | animal order | The order of animals |
Spanish | psitaciformes | |
Catalan | psitaciformes |
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