Definition of Paroquets

1. paroquet [n] - See also: paroquet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Paroquets

paronychiae
paronychial
paronychias
paronychium
paronym
paronymic
paronymies
paronymous
paronymously
paronyms
paronymy
paroophoritic cyst
paroophoritis
paroophoron
paroquet
paroquets (current term)
paroral membrane
parorchidium
parorexia
parosamia
parosmia
parosmias
parosphresia
parosteal
parosteal fasciitis
parosteal osteosarcoma
parosteitis
parosteosis
parostitis

Literary usage of Paroquets

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: With Keys to the Species and by Frank Michler Chapman (1895)
"Only one species inhabits the United States, and it is not found south of our boundaries. Parrots and paroquets—the dividing line between the two can not ..."

2. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"As late as 1885, the Carolina paroquets were abundant in the South Atlantic and Gulf States, but owing to their wanton destruction by man, they have been ..."

3. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"paroquets AND PARROTS. Order XIII. PSITTACI. 382. Carolina Paroquet. ... As late as 1885, the Carolina paroquets were abundant in the South Atlantic and i ..."

4. The Planter: Or, Thirteen Years in the South by David Brown (1853)
"The little birds that love the ground, hopped along before us; and gorgeously resplendent clouds of ten thousands of paroquets, sailed high over the silvery ..."

5. Travels in the United States, Etc.: During 1849 and 1850 by Emmeline Stuart-Wortley (1851)
"... Guayaquil—Horses' Dread of Alligators—Native Boats and their varied Freight—Parrots, Macaws, and paroquets—Ponchos—The Guayaquil Ladies—Grass Hats —The ..."

6. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"There are only the paroquets A TROMPE, Vaill. Which possess characters sufficiently well marked to claim a separation from the others. ..."

7. The Bird Book: Illustrating in Natural Colors More Than Seven Hundred North by Chester Albert Reed (1914)
"As late as 1885, the Carolina paroquets were abundant in the South Atlantic and Gulf States, but owing to their wanton destruction by man, they have been ..."

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