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a parrot so devoted it will pine itself sick when its partner dies.
means A small African or Madagascan parrot known for sitting in closely bonded pairs, or, by extension, an affectionate couple who can't keep their hands off each other.
from A straightforward English compound of 'love' and 'bird,' coined for these parrots because pairs perch pressed together, preening and feeding one another with conspicuous devotion. The name first attached to the birds, then leapt to the human couples who behave the same way — a literal description that became a tender metaphor.
- mate bond
- Pairs preen, feed, and sleep pressed together for life
- paper trick
- Females tuck nest strips into their own rump feathers
- tiny giant
- Smallest true parrots, yet loud beyond their size
- native home
- Nine species, all from Africa and Madagascar
- solo risk
- A lone lovebird can grow depressed and self-pluck
fischer and spassky — bobby fischer and boris spassky married and divorced, their 1972 match was called the 'match of the century'
agapornis roseicollis — peach-faced lovebird species, native to southwestern africa, forms lifelong pair bonds
agapornis fischeri — fischer's lovebird species native to tanzania, named after ornithologist gustav fischer