Meanings
nounparrot fever (uncountable)
- uncountablebiologyAn infectious disease caused by the bacterium Chlamydophila psittaci and contracted from many species of bird.
Synonyms: ornithosis, parrot disease, psittacosis
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn infectious disease caused by the bacterium Chlamydophila psittaci and contracted from many species of bird.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birds
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Translations
Bulgarian пситакоза
- пситакоза (psitakoza)disease
Chinese Mandarin 鸚鵡熱 /鹦鹉热
- 鸚鵡熱 /鹦鹉热 (yīngwǔrè)disease
Finnish papukaijakuume, ornitoosi
- papukaijakuumedisease
- ornitoosidisease
- psittakoosidisease
Hungarian papagájkór
- papagájkórdisease
Norwegian Bokmål papegøyesyke
- papegøyesykedisease
Scottish Gaelic galar-pearraide
- galar-pearraidedisease
Turkish papağan ateşi, papağan hastalığı
- papağan ateşidisease
- papağan hastalığıdisease
- psitakozdisease
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APA
parrot fever. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parrot%20fever
MLA
“parrot fever.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parrot%20fever. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parrot fever,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parrot%20fever.
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