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/par"euh ket'/, n.parakeet.Also, parroquet.
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parroket
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parakeet — /par euh keet /, n. any of numerous small, slender parrots, usually having a long, pointed, graduated tail, often kept as pets and noted for the ability to mimic speech: several species are endangered. Also, paraquet, paroquet, parrakeet,… … Universalium
parakeet — (n.) 1620s, from Sp. perquito; earlier English form parroket (1580s) is from M.Fr. paroquet, from O.Fr. paroquet (14c.), which is said by etymologists of French to be from It. parrocchetto, lit. little priest, from parroco parish priest, from… … Etymology dictionary
budgereegah — noun small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors • Syn: ↑budgerigar, ↑budgerygah, ↑budgie, ↑grass parakeet, ↑lovebird, ↑shell parakeet, ↑Melopsittacus undulatus … Useful english dictionary
budgerygah — noun small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors • Syn: ↑budgerigar, ↑budgereegah, ↑budgie, ↑grass parakeet, ↑lovebird, ↑shell parakeet, ↑Melopsittacus undulatus … Useful english dictionary
Carolina parakeet — noun extinct parakeet whose range extended far into the United States • Syn: ↑Conuropsis carolinensis • Hypernyms: ↑parakeet, ↑parrakeet, ↑parroket, ↑paraquet, ↑paroquet, ↑parroquet … Useful english dictionary
Conuropsis carolinensis — noun extinct parakeet whose range extended far into the United States • Syn: ↑Carolina parakeet • Hypernyms: ↑parakeet, ↑parrakeet, ↑parroket, ↑paraquet, ↑paroquet, ↑parroquet … Useful english dictionary
grass parakeet — noun small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors • Syn: ↑budgerigar, ↑budgereegah, ↑budgerygah, ↑budgie, ↑lovebird, ↑shell parakeet, ↑Melopsittacus undulatus … Useful english dictionary
lovebird — noun 1. small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors • Syn: ↑budgerigar, ↑budgereegah, ↑budgerygah, ↑budgie, ↑grass parakeet, ↑shell parakeet, ↑Melopsittacus undulatus … Useful english dictionary
Melopsittacus undulatus — noun small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors • Syn: ↑budgerigar, ↑budgereegah, ↑budgerygah, ↑budgie, ↑grass parakeet, ↑lovebird, ↑shell parakeet … Useful english dictionary
