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Definition of Ring-necked parakeet
1. Noun. African parakeet.
Generic synonyms: Parakeet, Paraquet, Paroquet, Parrakeet, Parroket, Parroquet
Group relationships: Genus Psittacula, Psittacula
Definition of Ring-necked parakeet
1. Noun. a species of parakeet, ''Psittacula krameri'', prevalent in Asia and famous for escaping domestication and establishing wild populations in Britain. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ring-necked Parakeet
Literary usage of Ring-necked parakeet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... through having abo some affinity to the ring-necked parakeet of the lame country,
... and that by far, is the common ring-necked parakeet, ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"... and that by far, is the common ring-necked parakeet, ... through having also
some affinity to the ring-necked parakeet of the same country, ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... and that by far, is the common ring-necked parakeet, ... through having also
some affinity to the ring-necked parakeet of the same country, ..."
4. The New Werner Twentieth Century Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica: A (1907)
"... and that by far, is the common Ring- necked Parakeet, ... though haying also
some affinity to the Ring- necked Parakeet of the same country, ..."
5. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Home Farmer (1879)
"The former contains two handsome plates representing the ring-necked parakeet
and the Plum-headed Parakeet, ..."
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