Definition of Parroquet
1. Noun. Any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots.
Generic synonyms: Parrot
Specialized synonyms: Carolina Parakeet, Conuropsis Carolinensis, Budgereegah, Budgerigar, Budgerygah, Budgie, Grass Parakeet, Lovebird, Melopsittacus Undulatus, Shell Parakeet, Psittacula Krameri, Ring-necked Parakeet
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Parroquet
Literary usage of Parroquet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Birds of Jamaica by Philip Henry Gosse, Richard Hill (1847)
"... distinguishing them from introduced specimens, mentions in addition to those I have given, " the Mountain parroquet." (MSS. ii. 88.) FAM.—PICID. ..."
2. The Book Lover: A Magazine of Book Lore (1900)
"Here is an extract from Calverley which falls in with this definition : I never had a dear gazelle; But I was given a parroquet— How did I nurse him if ..."
3. A First Year in Canterbury Settlement: With Other Early Essays by Samuel Butler, Richard Alexander Streatfeild (1914)
"Chapter IX Plants of Canterbury — Turnip — Tutu — Ferns — Ti Palm— Birds—Paradise Duck—Tern—Quail—Wood Hen — Robin— Linnet — Pigeon — Moa — New parroquet ..."