parakeet (redirected from parrakeets)

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, parrakeet [ˈpærəˌkiːt]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of numerous small usually brightly coloured long-tailed parrots, such as Psittacula krameri (ring-necked parakeet), of Africa

[from Spanish periquito and Old French paroquet parrot, of uncertain origin]

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

Translations

parakeet [ˈpærəkiːt] N → perico m, periquito m

parakeet parrakeet [ˈpærəkiːt] n → perruche f

parakeet

n → Sittich m

parakeet [ˈpærəkiːt] n → parrocchetto

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parakeet [ˈpærəkiːt] n → parrocchetto