Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A parrot; especially, a small parrot; one of many different birds of the family Psittacidæ distinguished from macaws, cockatoos, lories, and certain parrots proper. The parrots most frequently called parrakeets are undersized, with comparatively slender body and long cuneate tail, as those of the genera Palæornis, Platycercus, Pezoporus, Melopsittacus, Euphema, Nymphicus, etc., of the Old World, and Conurus of the New. They are thus distinguished from the larger, heavy-bodied parrots with short tails, as species of Psittacus proper. The common parrakeet of the United States is Conurus carolinensis, green varied with red and yellow. The commonest parrakeet in India is the rose-ringed, Palæornis torquatus. The rosella or nonpareil parrakeet is platycercus’ eximius, a very beautiful bird, chiefly red and blue. Nymphicus novæ-hollandiæ is the crested parrakeet, or parrakeet-cockatoo. Ground-parrakeets are Australian species of Pezoporus, as P. formosus. Grass-parrakeets belong to the genus Euphema. The warbling or zebra grass-parrakeet is Melopsittacus undulatus. Hanging-parrakeets are certain lories. (See
lory .) Various lovebirds are often called parrakeets. See the technical names. See also cuts underAgapornis , Conurus, corella, Euphema, and Melopsittacus. - n. A fish of the genus Crenilabrus; a parrotwrasse.
Wiktionary
- n. alternative spelling of parakeet.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Any one of numerous species of small parrots having a graduated tail, which is frequently very long; -- called also
paroquet andparaquet .
WordNet 3.0
- n. any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots
Examples
“[2] There is, however, one true nest-building parrot, the grey-breasted parrakeet (_Myopsittacus monachus_), which constructs a huge nest of twigs.”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"
“Nor can the thrush be tamed to sit the finger like the parrakeet," I completed.”
“The turtledove is kept for religious purposes, whereas the parrakeet [sic] is kept as other people keep a pet bird, though it is occasionally employed by the young folks as a lure to attract its wild fellows to the bird line.”
The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir
“It is not exceptional to find a cage with a turtledove [9] or a variety of parrakeet [sic] [10] in it.”
The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir
“There was no one else in the small painting-room, except a wondrous-hued parrakeet upon a perch, from which he contemplated his portrait in oils, head knowingly tilted to one side, with solemn disapproval for Flamby had painted his bill too red and he knew it, apparently.”
“It was so often upon Crozier's lips that Lorenzo the Magnificent (the parrakeet) had acquired it perfectly.”
“In the aisle beside her is an extremely indignant parrakeet in a cage.”
“The smallest, which is known as the grass parrakeet, or "the love-bird," is about the size of a sparrow.”
“Some calms and some storms also delayed the return, with the usual criiiiicks craaaaaks of the masts, the journey being occupied in transcribing the notes and journals on the two Americas, and enlivened by the saving of the parrakeet of a Spanish lady who had been admitted with her family on board the Brave.”
Rochambeau and the French in America. I. From Unpublished Documents. X
“Frightened by something, the little parrakeet flies off and falls into the sea.”
Rochambeau and the French in America. I. From Unpublished Documents. X
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