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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PSITTACI

Psit "ta *ci, n. pl. Etym: [NL. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The order of birds which comprises the parrots.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

psittacine

psit ta cine |ˈsitəˌsīn ˈsɪdəˌsaɪn | adjective Ornithology of, relating to, or denoting birds of the parrot family: psittacine beak and feather disease. noun Ornithology a bird of the parrot family. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from Latin psittacinus of a parrot, from psittacus, from Greek psittakos parrot.

 

Oxford Dictionary

psittacine

psittacine |ˈsɪtəkʌɪn, -sʌɪn |Ornithology adjective relating to or denoting birds of the parrot family: psittacine beak and feather disease. noun a bird of the parrot family. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from Latin psittacinus of a parrot , from psittacus, from Greek psittakos parrot .

 

Duden Dictionary

Psittaci

Psit ta ci Pluralwort , die |Ps i ttaci |die Psittaci (Plural ) griechisch-lateinisch Papageien