"jako" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: jakos [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} jako (plural jakos)
  1. An African grey parrot, Psittacus erithacus, commonly kept as a cage bird. Categories (lifeform): Parrots

Inflected forms

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