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Parrakeet

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par=ra=keet

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Parrakeet has 1 sense

parrakeet(n = noun.animal) parakeet, paraquet, paroquet, 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

Parrakeet, n. [See Paroquet.].

Any one of numerous species of small parrots having a graduated tail, which is frequently very long; -- called also paroquet and paraquet. [1913 Webster]

" 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)." [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Parrakeet, US var. of PARAKEET.

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