papingo

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noun

parrot (bird)

OriginScots papingo ← Old French papegai →
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Meanings

nounpapingo (plural papingos or papingoes)

plural papingos · plural papingoes · alternative papingoe · alternative popingo

  1. Scotlandparrot (bird)
  2. Scotlandpopinjay (bird-shaped target in archery)

Origin

  1. Old Frenchpapegai
  2. Scotspapingo
  3. Englishpapingo

Borrowed from Scots papingo, ultimately from Old French papegai. Cognate to popinjay, German Papagei, Dutch papegaai.

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Cite this entry
APA

papingo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/papingo

MLA

“papingo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/papingo. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “papingo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/papingo.

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