parakeet

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  • Fish, parakeet, cat, something that didn't take too much care but would at least greet him at the end of the day with cheerful noise or even howling racket. —  The Next Accident by Lisa Gardner
  • Sean, my husband, Sean just totes the box into the backyard and buries Little Monty with every other gerbil and hamster and kitten and goldfish and lizard, parakeet, guinea pig, mouse, and rabbit that Margot ever begged and pleaded to have.
  • The parakeet was certainly too small either to hide or carry much in the way of swag. —  AnalogSFF,January-February2008
  • The parakeet was Karen's own pet, and was friendly only with her, though he tolerated the others. —  Yon Ill Wind
  • There was room aboard for little more than the clothes on their backs; a cat and a parakeet, both vocal, in separate cages; a few tattered stuffed animals They did not fill the void Corinne had left The parents were glued to the news. —  Analog, July-August 2006
 

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  1. Spanish periquito, probably diminutive of Perico, diminutive of Pedro, Peter.
 

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