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Parakeet

//ˈpaɹəkiːt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of various species of small parrot primarily of tropical regions.

    "we had loved them for our pastimes, as we do apes, monkies, or perokitoes, and not as man."

  2. 2
    any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots wordnet

Etymology

From Middle French perroquet, probably a diminutive form of the personal name Pierre; some variant forms perhaps via Italian parrocchetto, Spanish periquito.

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