How to pronounce psittacine
American English pronunciation
SIT-uh-syne
- IPA
- /ˈsɪtəˌsaɪn/
- Syllables
- SIT · uh · syne (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What psittacine means
Having to do with parrots
In a sentence: The pet shop had a psittacine corner full of bright, chattering birds that could talk.
Where it comes from: From a Greek word for a parrot, plus -ine.
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