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Definition of Loriinae
1. Noun. Lories.
Exact synonyms: Subfamily Loriinae
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Family Psittacidae, Psittacidae
Member holonyms: Lory, Genus Glossopsitta, Glossopsitta, Genus Trichoglossus, Trichoglossus
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Family Psittacidae, Psittacidae
Member holonyms: Lory, Genus Glossopsitta, Glossopsitta, Genus Trichoglossus, Trichoglossus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Loriinae
Literary usage of Loriinae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederic Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1899)
"acuminate feathers in Stringops, moderate in the Loriinae and ... or having a
brush of hairs towards the tip in the Loriinae and ..."
2. The Collected Scientific Papers of the Late Alfred Henry Garrod by Alfred Henry Garrod, William Alexander Forbes (1881)
"... from the Loriinae, the brush-tongue being considered characteristic of that
subfamily. To the unbiased student, however, the brush-tongue is a character ..."