Paroquet

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Paroquet has 1 sense

paroquet(n = noun.animal) parakeet, paraquet, parrakeet, parroket, parroquet - any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots; Array

is a kind of parrot

has particulars: carolina parakeet, conuropsis carolinensis, budgereegah, budgerigar, budgerygah, budgie, grass parakeet, lovebird, melopsittacus undulatus, shell parakeet, psittacula krameri, ring-necked parakeet

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Paroquet, n. [F. perroquet, or Sp. periquito; both prob. orig. meaning, little Peter. See Parrot.].

Same as Parrakeet. [1913 Webster]

Paroquet auk or Paroquet auklet (Zoöl.), a small auk (Cyclorrhynchus psittaculus) inhabiting the coast and islands of Alaska. The upper parts are dark slate, under parts white, bill orange red. Called also perroquet auk.

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