conure

English

a red-masked conure (Aratinga erythrogenys)

Etymology

From scientific Latin Conurus (genus name), from Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “cone”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒnjʊə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

conure (plural conures)

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

Derived terms

• austral conure (Enicognathus ferrugineus)
• azuero conure (Pyrrhura picta)
• dusky-headed conure (Aratinga weddellii)
• golden conure (Guaruba guarouba)
• green-cheeked conure (Pyrrhura molinae)
• half-moon conure (Eupsittula canicularis)
• mitred conure (Psittacara mitratus)
• Molina's conure (Pyrrhura molinae)
• nanaday conure, nanday conure (Aratinga nenday)
• olive-throated conure (Eupsittula nana)
• orange-fronted conure (Eupsittula canicularis)
• painted conure (Pyrrhura picta)
• Patagonian conure (Cyanoliseus patagonus)
• peach-fronted conure (Eupsittula aurea)
• pearly conure (Pyrrhura lepida)
• perija conure (Pyrrhura picta)
• Pfrimer's conure (Pyrrhura pfrimeri)
• pineapple conure (Pyrrhura molinae)
• sun conure (Aratinga solstitialis)
• Weddell's conure (Aratinga weddellii)

Translations

any of many New World parakeets of the genus Conurus

• Italian: conuro (it) m
• Spanish: periquito (es) m

References

• conure on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Arini on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Arini on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• ouncer, rounce