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Word: Parakeet
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 16th century: from Old French paroquet, Italian parrocchetto, and Spanish periquito; origin uncertain, perhaps (via Italian) based on a diminutive meaning ‘little wig’, referring to head plumage, or (via Spanish) based on a diminutive of the given name Pedro
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈparəkiːt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a small parrot with predominantly green plumage and a long tail.
Short Definition:small parrot with predominantly green plumage
Variant Forms:
- parrakeet
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