Paroquet

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Dated form of parakeet. alt-of, dated

    ""[…]General Hamilton planted the gardens and shade trees himself, and just before Christmas, he wrote to General Pinckney in South Carolina and asked him to send him some melon seeds and two or three paroquets. 'My daughter (Angelica),' he said, 'is very fond of birds.' ""

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

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parakeetparakeetparaquetparrakeetparroketparroquet

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""[…]General Hamilton planted the gardens and shade trees himself, and just before Christmas, he wrote to General Pinckney in South Carolina and asked him to send him some melon seeds and two or three paroquets. 'My daughter (Angelica),' he said, 'is very fond of birds.' ""

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