"parrotlet" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: parrotlets [plural]
Etymology: parrot + -let Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|parrot|let}} parrot + -let Head templates: {{en-noun}} parrotlet (plural parrotlets)
  1. A miniature parrot of the New World of the genera Forpus, Nannopsittaca and Touit. Categories (lifeform): Parrots Synonyms: parrotling Translations (miniature parrot): aranen (Finnish), папу́га-горобе́ць (papúha-horobécʹ) (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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