vasa parrot

noun

va·​sa parrot

¦väsə-,

-äzə-

: any of several blackish brown Madagascan parrots of the genus Coracopsis (especially C. vasa)

Word History

Etymology

Malagasy vàza vasa parrot, literally, loud-voiced

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