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Parakeet   Listen
noun
Parakeet, Parrakeet  n.  (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small parrots having a graduated tail, which is frequently very long; called also paroquet and paraquet. Note: Many of the Asiatic and Australian species belong to the genus Paleornis; others belong to Polytelis, Platycercus, Psephotus, Euphema, and allied genera. The American parrakeets mostly belong to the genus Conurus, as the Carolina parrakeet (Conurus Carolinensis).





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"Parakeet" Quotes from Famous Books



... touched her elfin hair into torch-like flame, removing a very smart studio smock preparatory to departing to Regali's for lunch. There was no one else in the small painting-room, except a wondrous-hued parrakeet upon a perch, from which he contemplated his portrait in oils, head knowingly tilted to one side, with solemn disapproval for Flamby had painted his bill too red ...
— The Orchard of Tears • Sax Rohmer


Words linked to "Parakeet" :   budgereegah, ring-necked parakeet, parrot, budgerygah, budgie, paroquet, Carolina parakeet, parrakeet, Psittacula krameri


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