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  • noun Plural form of parakeet.

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Examples

  • They're often called parakeets, but that's technically correct.

    Blisstree 2009

  • They're often called parakeets, but that's technically correct.

    Blisstree 2009

  • However Dr Ian Rotherham, Director of the Environmental Change Research Unit at Sheffield Hallam University, said there is a danger that labelling parakeets as a "nasty alien" just because they are from abroad could be seen as a form of "racism" towards a foreign species

    Tel-Chai Nation 2009

  • It’s hot, near noon, and no reasonable bird or animal is stirring, except for the tiny skinks who streak across the track like rain and a burst of calling parakeets shimmering across the sky.

    Birdology Sy Montgomery 2010

  • "I would be very careful where I'd put candles," he advises, adding that the fumes can be toxic to birds such as parakeets, canaries and parrots.

    SouthCoastToday.com Latest Headlines 2009

  • A feral population of monk parakeets in New Jersey has won over some of the populace, but a bill protecting them has stalled in the state Senate committee.

    NJ Monk Parakeets 2009

  • Tom, Armando and George had been detoured chasing parakeets, and I stood alone at the ceremonial altar in front of the ancient stone structure.

    Meg Pier: Guatemalan Jungle Reveals the Wisdom of the Maya's Tikal and Time Meg Pier 2011

  • Tom, Armando and George had been detoured chasing parakeets, and I stood alone at the ceremonial altar in front of the ancient stone structure.

    Meg Pier: Guatemalan Jungle Reveals the Wisdom of the Maya's Tikal and Time Meg Pier 2011

  • The only place that we see parakeets around here is trapped in cages.

    Interview Thursday: "I’m particularly saddened about the state of women right issues in Nigeria" - Parakeet 2009

  • A feral population of monk parakeets in New Jersey has won over some of the populace, but a bill protecting them has stalled in the state Senate committee.

    Archive 2009-06-01 2009

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