porcupine-parrot

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• Porcupine

  ·noun Any Old Word rodent of the genus Hystrix, having the back covered with long, sharp, erectile s...

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• Parrot

  ·vi To chatter like a parrot. II. Parrot ·vt To repeat by rote, as a parrot. III. Parrot ·noun In ...

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• Sea porcupine

  ·- Any fish of the genus Diodon, and allied genera, whose body is covered with spines. ·see ·Illust....

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• porcupine-bird

  n. a bird inhabiting the Porcupine-Grass (q.v.) of Central Australia; the Striated Grass Wren, Amyt...

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• porcupine-fish

  n. name given to severalspecies of the genus Diodon, family Gymnodontes,poisonous fishes; also to D...

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• porcupine-grass

  n. the name given to certainspecies of Triodia, of which the more important are T. mitchelli, Benth...

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• sea-porcupine

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• Vaza parrot

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• ground-parrot

  n. 1) The bird Psittacuspulchellus, Shaw. For the Ground Parrot of New Zealand,see Kakapo. 1793. G...

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• king-parrot

  See parrot. 1865. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, `History of the Discoveryand Exploration of Australia,'...

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• owl-parrot

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• parrot-bill

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• parrot-fish

  n. name given in Australia to Pseudoscarus pseudolabrus; called in the Australiantropics Parrot-per...

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• parrot-perch

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• porcupine, ant-eating

  i.q. echidna (q.v.). ...

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• porcupine-grass ant

  n. popular name given to Hypoclinea flavipes, Kirby, an ant making its nest roundthe root of the Po...

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• Parrot Alley, Aldgate high Street

  See The Bore's Head Tavern. ...

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