parakeet

par·a·keet  (pr-kt)

n.

Any of various small slender parrots, usually having long tapering tails and often kept as pets.

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[Spanish periquito, probably diminutive of Perico, diminutive of Pedro, Peter.]

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parakeet

Noun

a small colourful parrot with a long tail [Spanish periquito parrot]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

parakeet - any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots paraquet, paroquet, parrakeet, parroket, parroquet parrot - usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds Carolina parakeet, Conuropsis carolinensis - extinct parakeet whose range extended far into the United States budgereegah, budgerigar, budgerygah, budgie, grass parakeet, lovebird, Melopsittacus undulatus, shell parakeet - small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors Psittacula krameri, ring-necked parakeet - African parakeet