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Parakeet   /pˈɛrəkˌit/   Listen
Parakeet

noun
1.
Any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots.  Synonyms: paraquet, paroquet, parrakeet, parroket, parroquet.



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"Parakeet" Quotes from Famous Books



... monsoon season, birds of paradise lose the magnificent feathers around their tails that naturalists call 'below-the-wing' feathers. These feathers are gathered by the fowl forgers and skillfully fitted onto some poor previously mutilated parakeet. Then they paint over the suture, varnish the bird, and ship the fruits of their unique labors to museums ...
— 20000 Leagues Under the Seas • Jules Verne

... yielding little else but triodia, with occasional patches of stunted gum forest, in which was found a little good grass, on which were feeding flights of pigeons and a variety of parrot new to us, but which I believe to be the golden-backed parakeet (Psephotus chrysopterygius) of Gould. As no water could be found, and many of the horses gave signs of being greatly distressed, no change being observable in the country for many miles ahead, a ...
— Journals of Australian Explorations • A C and F T Gregory



Words linked to "Parakeet" :   budgerigar, budgerygah, Melopsittacus undulatus, ring-necked parakeet, Conuropsis carolinensis, budgie, budgereegah, parrot, lovebird, Psittacula krameri



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