Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bird of the genus Conurus. P. L. Sclater.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) An American parrakeet of the genus Conurus. Many species are known. See
parrakeet .
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- noun Any of many
New World parakeets of the genus Conurus
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Examples
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"As a flock, it's healthy, it's growing," said Jennifer Ehrlichman, the rescue's wild conure coordinator.
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(He had a parrot, a green cheek conure, but gave it away because Ms. Kuipers was allergic.) "There's that nice feeling of being alone in what I'm doing — it's relatively rare in adult fiction to get animal characters."
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(He had a parrot, a green cheek conure, but gave it away because Ms. Kuipers was allergic.) "There's that nice feeling of being alone in what I'm doing — it's relatively rare in adult fiction to get animal characters."
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(He had a parrot, a green cheek conure, but gave it away because Ms. Kuipers was allergic.) "There's that nice feeling of being alone in what I'm doing — it's relatively rare in adult fiction to get animal characters."
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Other notable species include South American pochard Netta erythrophthalma and golden-plumed conure Leptosittaca branickii (VU).
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I know this because my conure used to try to hump my ear... it was okay when he was just nuzzling, nibbling, and crooning, but when he tried to grab on with those sharp toes, it HURT!
It has clearly been an interesting day when... StyleyGeek 2008
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I dreamt last night of a little turquoise colored conure.
madrigle Diary Entry madrigle 2006
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Then the ferret at petco nearly came home with me yesterday, as did a darling little green cheeked conure.
madrigle Diary Entry madrigle 2003
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Anyway, another parrot I've often considered are green cheek conures, dubbed the quiet conure, but they can still scream.
madrigle Diary Entry madrigle 2003
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In 2006, we moved Chulo to our Pinole house, where we had a young blue-crowned conure named
SFGate: Top News Stories Eileen Mitchell 2011
reesetee commented on the word conure
any of several long-tailed New World parrots, especially those of the genus Aratinga, certain species of which are kept as pets.
February 26, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word conure
Just reading this word makes my ears hurt. A neighbor of mine had one and it was louder than my damn fife. (And didn't know when to shut up.) But it is a neato word.
February 26, 2008
reesetee commented on the word conure
Maybe it thought your fife was a friendly avian and it was answering you! Stranger things have happened. ;-)
February 26, 2008