Also 8 loriquet, loorequet, lorrykeet. [f. LORY + -keet in PARRAKEET.] A name for small brightly colored parrots of the Malay Archipelago, comprehending the genera Charmosyna, Loriculus, and Coriphilus.
1772–84. Cook, Voy. (1790), I. 217. Loriquets, cockatoos, parrots.
1779. Forrest, Voy. N. Guinea, 66. He presented me with a Loorequet of beautiful plumage, mostly green and yellow.
1869. A. R. Wallace, Malay Archip., II. 42. The little lorikeet (Charmosyna placentis).
