psittacine
psittacine
[ˈsɪtəkʌɪn, -sʌɪn]
adjective
[ˈsɪtəkʌɪn, -sʌɪn]
adjective
- (Ornithology)of, relating to, or denoting birds of the parrot family
(鸟)（与）鹦鹉（有关）的
psittacine beak and feather disease.
鹦鹉喙和羽毛病。
■parrot-like (especially referring to parrots’ ability to copy human speech)
鹦鹉般的（尤指鹦鹉模仿人类语言的能力）
issues are thought through in a distinctive way, rather than by psittacine repetition.
问题都经过特别考虑，而不只是鹦鹉学舌般的重复。
- (Ornithology)a bird of the parrot family
(鸟)鹦鹉
- late 19th cent.: from Latin psittacinus 'of a parrot', from psittacus, from Greek psittakos 'parrot'
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