一切經音義 4.162

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鸚鵡 (Parrot: The upper character has the fanqie 烏耕 [yīng]. The lower character has the sound 武 [wǔ]. It is also written as 䳇, both forms being identical. The Classic of Mountains and Seas says: "At Mount Huang there is a bird with green feathers, a red beak, and a human tongue that can speak human words, named the parrot." The Quli says: "The parrot can speak, yet does not cease to be a flying bird"; this is it).