tiriba

T1I1R1I1B3A1

noun

The white-eared parakeet.

Scrabble 8

Meanings

nountiriba (plural tiribas)

plural tiribas

  1. 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 142
    1 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

  1. Old Tupitiriba
  2. Englishtiriba

From Old Tupi tiriba.

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