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Carolina parakeet

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Noun1.Carolina parakeetCarolina parakeet - extinct parakeet whose range extended far into the United States
parakeet, paraquet, paroquet, parrakeet, parroket, parroquet - any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots
Conuropsis, genus Conuropsis - a genus of Psittacidae


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If we had been smarter, we'd still have the passenger pigeon and the Carolina parakeet.
Carolina parakeets still glittered in the treetops and passenger pigeons darkened the sky with flocks that numbered in the billions.
John James Audubon gave his dog now-extinct Carolina parakeets to find out whether they were poisonous.
 
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