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Definition of Parrakeet
1. Noun. Any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots.
Generic synonyms: Parrot
Specialized synonyms: Carolina Parakeet, Conuropsis Carolinensis, Budgereegah, Budgerigar, Budgerygah, Budgie, Grass Parakeet, Lovebird, Melopsittacus Undulatus, Shell Parakeet, Psittacula Krameri, Ring-necked Parakeet
Definition of Parrakeet
1. n. Any one of numerous species of small parrots having a graduated tail, which is frequently very long; -- called also paroquet and paraquet.
Definition of Parrakeet
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of parakeet) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Parrakeet
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Parrakeet
Literary usage of Parrakeet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"Banded parrakeet. P. Vittatus. Vaill. 17. All above, and sides of belly, green ;
chest, ... Wave-breasted parrakeet. P. Versicolor. Enl. 144. ' Vaill. 16. ..."
2. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1894)
"In describing the eggs of the Red-crowned parrakeet of Norfolk Island at the
November Meeting of this Society last year, I made some remarks upon the ..."
3. Argentine Ornithology: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Birds of the Argentine by Philip Lutley Sclater, William Henry Hudson (1889)
"281. BOLBORHYNCHUS AYMARA (d'Orb.). (AYMARA parrakeet.) [PLATE XV. ... Burmeister
found this parrakeet not uncommon on the borders of the sierra near ..."
4. The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society Delineated: Published by Edward Turner Bennett (1831)
"... by means of the Pacific species with strikingly graduated tails, to the Indian
group typically represented by the Alexandrine parrakeet. ..."
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