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parakeet From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Birdsparakeetpar‧a‧keet /ˈpærəkiːt/ noun [countable] HBBa small brightly coloured bird with a long tailExamples from the Corpusparakeet• The housekeeper, Mary McLellan, served Dubonnet, Margarett opened the aviary, and a parakeet flew to her shoulder.• She came with a parakeet in a cage.• She turned slowly in the middle of the living room, like a gyrating parakeet.• There was nobody in the shop but the parakeet.• The parakeets were at it again, their squawks rising like shifting clouds.• The sunglasses, decorated with parakeets, are from a New York novelty shop.Origin parakeet (1500-1600) Spanish periquito, from Old French perroquet; → PARROT1 |