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Conuropsis carolinensis

Conuropsis carolinensis

9.9
A small green parrot that lived in the eastern and central United States and is now extinct
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • The last known Conuropsis carolinensis died in captivity in the early twentieth century.

Examples

  • Researchers study the remains of Conuropsis carolinensis to learn about its habitat and behavior.

  • Sightings of Conuropsis carolinensis were once common throughout the southeastern United States.

  • The Conuropsis carolinensis was once a common sight in the eastern United States.

  • Do you know what the Conuropsis carolinensis looked like?

  • Researchers study the remains of Conuropsis carolinensis to learn about its habitat and behavior.

  • Sightings of Conuropsis carolinensis were once common throughout the southeastern United States.

  • The last known Conuropsis carolinensis died in captivity in the early twentieth century.

Synonyms

Carolina parakeet
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  • US
9.8

A small green parrot from the eastern and central United States that no longer exists

is the formal scientific name used for classification

Surface Forms

Conuropsis carolinensis singular
Conuropsis carolinensises plural

Morphology

Conuropsis + carolinensis

The genus name Conuropsis directly signals a parrot/parakeet taxon (so part of the meaning is compositional), and carolinensis is a Latin toponymial adjective meaning 'of Carolina', which could suggest a Carolina parakeet. However, binomial Latin names and the suffix -ensis are technical and not obvious to an average B1 learner without exposure to scientific naming, so the full species meaning is only partly derivable.

Etymology

Conuropsis carolinensis comes from two parts: Conuropsis meaning a 'small parrot' and carolinensis meaning 'from Carolina'. So the name tells us it was a little parrot from the Carolina area, the bird we now know as the extinct Carolina parakeet.