Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A parrot; especially, a small parrot; one of many different birds of the family Psittacidæ distinguished from macaws, cockatoos, lories, and certain parrots proper.
- noun A fish of the genus Crenilabrus; a parrotwrasse.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of small parrots having a graduated tail, which is frequently very long; -- called also
paroquet andparaquet .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
parakeet .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots
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Examples
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In the aisle beside her is an extremely indignant parrakeet in a cage.
Main Street 2004
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[2] There is, however, one true nest-building parrot, the grey-breasted parrakeet (_Myopsittacus monachus_), which constructs a huge nest of twigs.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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The turtledove is kept for religious purposes, whereas the parrakeet [sic] is kept as other people keep a pet bird, though it is occasionally employed by the young folks as a lure to attract its wild fellows to the bird line.
The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir John M. Garvan
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It is not exceptional to find a cage with a turtledove [9] or a variety of parrakeet [sic] [10] in it.
The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir John M. Garvan
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"Nor can the thrush be tamed to sit the finger like the parrakeet," I completed.
Montlivet Alice Prescott Smith
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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 and he knew it, apparently.
The Orchard of Tears Sax Rohmer 1921
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It was so often upon Crozier's lips that Lorenzo the Magnificent (the parrakeet) had acquired it perfectly.
The Orchard of Tears Sax Rohmer 1921
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In the aisle beside her is an extremely indignant parrakeet in a cage.
Main Street 1920
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In the aisle beside her is an extremely indignant parrakeet in a cage.
Main Street Sinclair Lewis 1918
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The smallest, which is known as the grass parrakeet, or "the love-bird," is about the size of a sparrow.
Peeps At Many Lands: Australia Frank Fox 1917
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