PSITTACUS ERITHACUS

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Meaning:

Commonly domesticated grey parrot with red-and-black tail and white face; native to equatorial Africa

Synonyms:

African gray; African grey; Psittacus erithacus

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Psittacus erithacus" is a kind of...):

parrot (usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds)

Holonyms ("Psittacus erithacus" is a member of...):

genus Psittacus; Psittacus (type genus of the Psittacidae: usually restricted to the African grey)