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Parrot sprang completely upwards
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rosella
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A rosella is one of six species of colourful Australian parrots in the genus Platycercus . Platycercus means "broad-tailed" or "flat-tailed", reflecting a feature common to the rosellas and other members of the broad-tailed parrot tribe. Their diet is mainly ...
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Etymology 1 n. A parrot belonging to any of the five to eight species in the genus ''Platycercus'' (originally specifically ''Platycercus eximius'') which is native to Australia and nearby islands. (from 19th c.) Etymology 2 n. (alt form roselle English) ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rosella \Ro"sel"la\, n. [NL., dim. of L. rosa rose.] (Zo["o]l.) A beautiful Australian parrakeet ( Platycercus eximius ) often kept as a cage bird. The head and back of the neck are scarlet, the throat is white, the back dark green varied with lighter green, ...
Usage examples of rosella.
Haguefort in her late teens to tend to the children of the recently widowed duke, Rosella had been enamored of Lord Stephen.
By midday, Prince Dottaard dismissed all the ladies except Rosella, and by sundown, he was sure no other woman matched him so perfectly.
Peeking through the cracked door, he saw Rosella remove her hood to reveal that she was not a youthful maiden at all, but rather an ancient sorceress.
He was going to marry Rosella, and his father could do nothing about it.
Then, one week before the wedding, a palace maid overheard Rosella talking to the captain of the guard.
This pleased the spellbound prince, and he went to tell Rosella the wonderful news.
As the bride and groom walked out arm-in-arm, Rosella gasped, then drew back in horror.
While the entire kingdom watched, Rosella sneezed so hard that her hood flew off, revealing her true form.
Though they were no match for the sorceress, the guards drove Rosella off.
The woman in the other half is Rosella Munson, thirty-four, medium dark, chunky.
From that moment, when Mary had seen the parrots enter her life for a second time, she accepted the emerald green rosella as her good luck, her great good fortune.
Billings, the kitchen maid, swears on her life that the following morning when she went out into the garden at sunrise, not a single rosella passed overhead.
Mary was not considered a serious threat to any of the larger breweries, her Temperance Ale and Bitter Rosella had earned a reputation in the colony for their quality and some of the public houses not tied to the mainstream breweries now accepted Bitter Rosie by the barrel, which was a major boost to her production.
Sarah sat on his back, hands resting lightly on the pommel, absently listening to the gurgle of the spring and the whistling cry of a rosella in a nearby smoke tree.
Evangelical Congregation of the Air will get free gratis a genuine leatherette hymn book so you can sing along with Sister Rosella and the Evangelical Choir.