Etymology

psittacine

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Ancient Greek ψιττακός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromψιττακός
  2. English todaypsittacine

From Ancient Greek ψιττακός (psittakós) + -ine. By surface analysis, psittac- + -ine.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekψιττακός all →

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