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papingo

The English word “papingo” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. parrot (bird)
  2. popinjay (bird-shaped target in archery)

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots papingo, ultimately from Old French papegai. Cognate to popinjay, German Papagei, Dutch papegaai.

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