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lourie
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lourie, loerie [ˈlaʊrɪ]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) South African any of several species of touraco: louries are divided into two groups, the arboreal species having a mainly green plumage and crimson wings and the species which inhabits the more open savanna areas having a plain grey plumage
[from Malay luri]


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Scent of jasmine, bright, familiar birds flitting among the dry trees, except that sacred ibises and gray louries have immigrated from the Bushveld since I left.
 
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