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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. 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 under Agapornis, Conurus, corella, Euphema, and Melopsittacus.
  2. n. A fish of the genus Crenilabrus; a parrotwrasse.

Wiktionary

  1. n. alternative spelling of parakeet.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. Any one of numerous species of small parrots having a graduated tail, which is frequently very long; -- called also paroquet and paraquet.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots

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