Definition of paroquet Paroquet
par•o•quet
We found 4 definitions of paroquet from 4 different sources.
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What does paroquet mean?
WordNet
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| paroquet - any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots | ||
| parakeet, parrakeet, parroket, paraquet, parroquet | ||
| parrot usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds | ||
| carolina parakeet, conuropsis carolinensis extinct parakeet whose range extended far into the United States | ||
| budgereegah, budgerigar, budgerygah, budgie, grass parakeet, melopsittacus undulatus, shell parakeet, lovebird small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- paroquet (n.)
Same as Parrakeet.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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paroquet
Parroquet, par′o-ket, n. a small long-tailed tropical and subtropical parrot.—Also Parr′akeet. [Fr. perroquet—Pierrot, dim. of Pierre, Peter.]
Part of speech
🔤- paroquet, noun, singular of paroquets.
