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PARRAKEET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does parrakeet mean? 

PARRAKEET (noun)
  The noun PARRAKEET has 1 sense:

1. any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrotsplay

  Familiarity information: PARRAKEET used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PARRAKEET (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

parakeet; paraquet; paroquet; parrakeet; parroket; parroquet

Hypernyms ("parrakeet" 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 "parrakeet"):

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)


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