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Webster 1913 Edition

(kō̍-nūr′)

Noun.

[NL.

conurus

, fr. Gr.

κῶνοσ

a cone +

οὐρά

tail. The name alludes to the tapering tail.]

(Zool.)

An American parrakeet of the genus

Conurus

. Many species are known. See

a red-masked conure (Aratinga erythrogenys)

conure ‎(plural conures)

Any of many New World parakeets of the former genus Conurus, now reassigned to other genera in tribe Arini, principally Psittacara and Eupsittula.

any of many New World parakeets of the genus Conurus