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In 1535, Spanish historian Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo published written descriptions of the Hispaniolan parrot. [6] [7] Oviedo describes them as Higuacas [8] name derived from the Taíno word for these birds. [9] Oviedo describes them: In this island are three species of them large some, others minor and very small.
Crosswordese is the group of words frequently found in US crossword puzzles but seldom found in everyday conversation. The words are usually short, three to five letters, with letter combinations which crossword constructors find useful in the creation of crossword puzzles, such as words that start and/or end with vowels, abbreviations consisting entirely of consonants, unusual combinations of ...
"Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T. "Beginner" or synonyms such as "novice" or "student" for L, as in L-plate. "Bend" for S or U (as in "S-bend" and "U-bend") "Books" for OT or NT, as in Old Testament or New Testament.
Crossword-like puzzles, for example Double Diamond Puzzles, appeared in the magazine St. Nicholas, published since 1873. [32] Another crossword puzzle appeared on September 14, 1890, in the Italian magazine Il Secolo Illustrato della Domenica. It was designed by Giuseppe Airoldi and titled "Per passare il tempo" ("To pass the time"). Airoldi's ...
The data place most of the diversification of psittaciformes around 40 Mya, after the separation of Australia from West Antarctica and South America. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] Divergence of the Psittacidae from the ancestral parrots resulted from a common radiation event from what was then West Antarctica into South America, then Africa, via late Cretaceous ...
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Parrots (Psittaciformes), also known as psittacines (/ ˈ s ɪ t ə s aɪ n z /), [1] [2] are birds with a strong curved beak, upright stance, and clawed feet. [ a ] They are classified in four families that contain roughly 410 species in 101 genera , found mostly in tropical and subtropical regions.
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