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1. (n.) parakeet
any of various small parrots having a long, graduated tail, as the budgerigar and New World parrots of the genus Aratinga and allied genera.
Etymology: (1575–85; < MF paroquet, appar. orig. a dim. of P(i)errot, dim. of Pierre Peter, as a name for a parrot)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) parakeet, parrakeet, parroket, paraquet, paroquet, parroquet
any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots
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1. (noun) parakeet
same as Parrakeet
2. (noun) parakeet
any one of numerous species of small parrots having a graduated tail, which is frequently very long; -- called also paroquet and paraquet
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