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PARAKEET
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots
Synonyms:
parakeet; paraquet; paroquet; parrakeet; parroket; parroquet
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("parakeet" is a kind of...):
parrot (usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "parakeet"):
Carolina parakeet; Conuropsis carolinensis (extinct parakeet whose range extended far into the United States)
budgereegah; budgerigar; budgerygah; budgie; grass parakeet; lovebird; Melopsittacus undulatus; shell parakeet (small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors)
Psittacula krameri; ring-necked parakeet (African parakeet)