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Webster 1913 Edition


Psittacid

{

Psit-ta′ceous

,

Psit′ta-cid

, }
Adj.
[L.
psittacus
a parrot, Gr. [GREEK]: cf. F.
psittacide
.]
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the parrots, or the Psittaci.
Noun.
One of the Psittaci.

Definition 2024


psittacid

psittacid

English

Noun

psittacid (plural psittacids)

  1. (zoology) Any member of the family Psittacidae of African and neotropical parrots.