parakeet
nounUK /ˈpaɹəkiːt/ · US /ˈpɛɹəkit/
Etymology From Middle French perroquet, probably a diminutive form of the personal name Pierre; some variant forms perhaps via Italian parrocchetto, Spanish periquito.
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Any of various species of small parrot primarily of tropical regions.
- we had loved them for our pastimes, as we do apes, monkies, or perokitoes, and not as man.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 8, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
- 'Is it that it talks?' asked the lady. And the Phoenix replied in excellent French. It said, 'Parfaitement, madame!' 'Oh, the pretty parrakeet,' said the lady.1904, E. Nesbit, The Phoenix and the Carpet:
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- According to one legend, the parakeets escaped from the set of The African Queen, John Huston's 1951 film made at Shepperton studios.2009 October 12, Patrick Barkham, The Guardian:
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Alexandra's parakeet, Alexandrine parakeet, Antipodes parakeet, austral parakeet, black-fronted parakeet, blossom-headed parakeet, Carolina parakeet, Chatham Islands parakeet, Derbyan parakeet, echo parakeet, emerald parakeet, golden parakeet, grey-headed parakeet, horned parakeet, keet, Layard's parakeet, long-tailed parakeet, lorikeet, Malabar parakeet, Malherbe's parakeet, monk parakeet, New Caldeonian parakeet, Newton's parakeet, Nicobar parakeet, Norfolk Island parakeet, Ouvea parakeet, parakeet auk, parakeet auklet, parakeetitis, plum-headed parakeet, Raiatea parakeet, red-breasted parakeet, red-crowned parakeet, Reischek's parakeet, ring-necked parakeet, rose-ringed parakeet, Seychelles parakeet, shell parakeet, slaty-headed parakeet, sulfur parakeet, sulphur parakeet, white-eared parakeet, white-winged parakeet, yellow-crowned parakeet, zebra parakeet