parakeet

parakeet
noun Etymology: Spanish & Middle French; Spanish periquito, from Middle French perroquet parrot Date: 1581 any of numerous usually small slender parrots with a long graduated tail

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  • Parakeet — Par a*keet , n. (Zo[ o]l.) Same as {Parrakeet}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • parakeet — (n.) 1620s, from Sp. perquito; earlier English form parroket (1580s) is from M.Fr. paroquet, from O.Fr. paroquet (14c.), which is said by etymologists of French to be from It. parrocchetto, lit. little priest, from parroco parish priest, from… …   Etymology dictionary

  • parakeet — (also parrakeet) ► NOUN ▪ a small parrot with predominantly green plumage and a long tail. ORIGIN Old French paroquet, Italian parrocchetto, and Spanish periquito; related to PARROT(Cf. ↑parrot) …   English terms dictionary

  • parakeet — [par′ə kēt΄] n. [MFr paroquet, prob. < perrot,PARROT] any of various small, slender parrots with a long, tapering tail …   English World dictionary

  • Parakeet — A parakeet is a North American term for any one of a large number of unrelated small to medium sized parrot species, that generally have long tail feathers. The term is descriptive, but does not imply an actual relationship between the different… …   Wikipedia

  • parakeet — /par euh keet /, n. any of numerous small, slender parrots, usually having a long, pointed, graduated tail, often kept as pets and noted for the ability to mimic speech: several species are endangered. Also, paraquet, paroquet, parrakeet,… …   Universalium

  • parakeet — UK [ˈpærəkiːt] / US [ˈperəˌkːt] noun [countable] Word forms parakeet : singular parakeet plural parakeets a small brightly coloured bird sometimes kept as a pet …   English dictionary

  • Parakeet — Parrakeet Par ra*keet (p[a^]r r[.a]*k[=e]t ), Parakeet Par a*keet , n. [See {Paroquet}.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small parrots having a graduated tail, which is frequently very long; called also {paroquet} and {paraquet}. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • parakeet — [16] Parakeet is an anglicization of Old French paraquet. Like the roughly contemporary parrot, this seems to have begun life as a diminutive form of the name Pierre ‘Peter’ (several species of bird, such as the magpie and robin, have been given… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • parakeet — [[t]pæ̱rəkiːt[/t]] parakeets also parrakeet N COUNT A parakeet is a type of small parrot which is brightly coloured and has a long tail …   English dictionary

  • parakeet — /ˈpærəkit / (say paruhkeet) noun any of the numerous slender parrots, usually with a long, pointed, graduated tail, especially those of the genera Aratinga, Pyrrhura, and Psittacula, as the rose ringed parakeet, Psittacula krameri, of Africa and… …  

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