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Nestor
Nestor, ŏris (Gr. acc. Nestora, Hor. C. 1, 15, 22), m., = Νέστωρ, I a son of Neleus, and king of Pyl...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
scientific name for a genus of NewZealand Parrots. See Kaka and Kea.
1863. S. Butler, `First Year in Canterbury Settlement,' p. 58:
«There was a kind of dusky, brownish-green parrot too, whichthe scientific call a Nestor. What they mean by this name Iknow not. To the unscientific it is a rather dirty-lookingbird, with some bright red feathers under its wings. It isvery tame, sits still to be petted, and screams like a parrot.»
Nestor, ŏris (Gr. acc. Nestora, Hor. C. 1, 15, 22), m., = Νέστωρ, I a son of Neleus, and king of Pyl...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.