Meanings
plural tiribas
- obsoletepossiblyThe white-eared parakeet.
Perroquets, maracanas, maitaccas, tiribas, curicas, camutangas, nandayas, and other species of parrots, flew, loudly screaming, in numerous flocks from bank to bank;
1830, Josiah Conder, Brazil and Buenos Ayres ..., page 1421 more example
The Ganuba is found in the northern parts of Brazil, especially in the regions near the Amazon river, but nowhere else in great numbers. Another of the gorgeously colored Paroquets, is the Tiriba, of Brazil (Conurus leucotis).
1878, Jacob Henry Studer, Studer's Popular Ornithology ..., page 69
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Old Tupitiriba
- Englishtiriba
From Old Tupi tiriba.
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