Lory Definition

lôrē
lories
noun
Any of several small, brightly colored, short-tailed parrots, native to Australia and the East Indies with a fringed, brushlike tip of the tongue for feeding on soft fruits and nectar.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Lory

Noun

Singular:
lory
Plural:
lories

Origin of Lory

  • Malay luri

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Lory Sentence Examples

  • The parrots are restricted to parrakeets, of which there are several species, and a single small lory.

  • The fauna includes buffaloes, a marsupial cuscus, some bats, the beautiful scarlet lory, rare varieties of the ground-thrush, honey-eater and oriole.

  • Two weeks into the quarantine a red lory from this group died without symptoms.

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Words Starting With

LLOLOR

Words Ending With

YRYORY

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Words Starting With L and Ending With Y

Starts With L & Ends With YStarts With LO & Ends With YStarts With L & Ends With RY

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With L4 Letter Words Ending With Y