Parrakeet

Par´ra`keet`    (păr´rå`kēt`)

n.

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(Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small parrots having a graduated tail, which is frequently very long; - called also paroquet and paraquet.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

parrakeet - any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots parakeet, paraquet, paroquet, 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