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- noun Any of several species of the family
Musophagidae .
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Examples
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This is why I found it amusing to see this description of the grey lourie on Ask.
Archive 2008-07-01 Lauri 2008
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This is why I found it amusing to see this description of the grey lourie on Ask.
Things to Do When Waiting to Write- Handy Tip No. 1: Have fun with grey louries Lauri 2008
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But there was nobody to see this; only the grey lourie on the acacia branch, the go-away bird, which saw so much but confided in none.
Blue Shoes And Happiness Smith, Alexander McCall 2006
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The purple crested lourie put in an appearence, along with some UFO's.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009
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Among the birds, the Knysna lourie (Tauraco corythaix), Knysna warbler (Bradypterus sylvaticus, VU), Knysna woodpecker (Campethera notata), chorister robin-chat (Cossypha dichroa), and forest canary (Serinus scotops) are all near-endemic to this ecoregion.
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NB: For writers outside of Southern Africa, I have been informed, thanks to Newman’s Birds of Southern Africa, that the grey lourie is found only in this region.
Things to Do When Waiting to Write- Handy Tip No. 1: Have fun with grey louries Lauri 2008
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NB: For writers outside of Southern Africa, I have been informed, thanks to Newman’s Birds of Southern Africa, that the grey lourie is found only in this region.
Archive 2008-07-01 Lauri 2008
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Gammerstang commented on the word lourie
(noun) - In many of our large towns, the bell rung at ten o'clock at night is called Lourie, lang Lourie, or big Lourie. Its call is still at least acknowledged to be the signal for respectable people to retire homeward from calls and amusements. --John Jamieson's Etymological Scottish Dictionary, 1808
April 22, 2018