Disease of parrots (11)

I believe the answer is:

psittacosis

'disease of parrots' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for psittacosis that I've seen before include "Disease of birds (especially parrots)" , "Contagious disease of birds" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent and The Times.

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