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Princeton's WordNet

  1. parakeet, parrakeet, parroket, paraquet, paroquet, parroquetnoun

    any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Paroquetnoun

    A small species of parrot.

    Etymology: parroquet or perroquet, French.

    The great, red and blue, are parrots; the middlemost, called popinjays; and the lesser, parroquets: in all above twenty sorts. Nehemiah Grew.

    I would not give my paroquet
    For all the doves that ever flew. Matthew Prior.

Wikipedia

  1. paroquet

    A parakeet is any one of many small to medium-sized species of parrot, in multiple genera, that generally has long tail feathers.

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  1. paroquet

    A paroquet, more commonly spelled as parakeet, is a term often used to refer to small to medium-sized species of parrot, especially those that have long tail feathers. The term is not taxonomically precise; some parakeets can be classified as parrots or cockatiels. They are generally known for their ability to mimic human speech, bright colors, and friendly, social behavior.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Paroquetnoun

    same as Parrakeet

  2. Etymology: [F. perroquet, or Sp. periquito; both prob. orig. meaning, little Peter. See Parrot.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Paroquet

    Parroquet, par′o-ket, n. a small long-tailed tropical and subtropical parrot.—Also Parr′akeet. [Fr. perroquetPierrot, dim. of Pierre, Peter.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of paroquet in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of paroquet in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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