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  • noun Plural form of psittacine.

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Examples

  • When you visit A Refuge for Saving the Wildlife, the cockatoos, macaws, African grays, Amazons and other psittacines may not be steppin 'to "Everybody" by the Backstreet Boys.

    Sure You're Ready for a Dancing Cockatoo like Snowball? 2009

  • A single well-placed perch may be adequate for agile climbers such as psittacines, because they tend to prefer the highest perch even if more are provided.

    The Last Chance Dog D.V.M. Donna Kelleher 2003

  • A single well-placed perch may be adequate for agile climbers such as psittacines, because they tend to prefer the highest perch even if more are provided.

    The Last Chance Dog D.V.M. Donna Kelleher 2003

  • Still, if you feel you have to ride along on the World Cup's coat tails, at least tells us about what kind of reception they get in the International Space Station or throw out some theories to explain the apparent fascination cephalopods and psittacines have for the game.

    The Ancient Gaming Noob 2010

  • Soybean growers have been, with their one giant maw of an industry, the single greatest destroyer of the natural environment of psittacines in the world.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2009

  • Soybean growers have been, with their one giant maw of an industry, the single greatest destroyer of the natural environment of psittacines in the world.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2009

  • Alex and other psittacines, as well as birds from the corvid family, identify objects, colors, and materials,

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2009

  • Soybean growers have been, with their one giant maw of an industry, the single greatest destroyer of the natural environment of psittacines in the world.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2009

  • Alex and other psittacines, as well as birds from the corvid family, identify objects, colors, and materials,

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2009

  • Soybean growers have been, with their one giant maw of an industry, the single greatest destroyer of the natural environment of psittacines in the world.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2009

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