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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots [syn: parakeet, parrakeet, parroket, paraquet, paroquet, parroquet]

Oxford Reference Dictionary

US var. of PARAKEET.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Parrakeet Par"ra*keet`, Parakeet Par"a*keet`, n. [See Paroquet.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small parrots having a graduated tail, which is frequently very long; -- called also paroquet and paraquet. Note: Many of the Asiatic and Australian species belong to the genus Paleornis; others belong to Polytelis, Platycercus, Psephotus, Euphema, and allied genera. The American parrakeets mostly belong to the genus Conurus, as the Carolina parrakeet (C. Carolinensis).

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see parakeet