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Noun: parakeet  'per-u,keet or 'pa-ru,keet [N. Amer], ,pa-ru'keet or 'pa-ru,keet [Brit]
  1. Any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots
    "The parakeet chattered happily in its cage";
    - parrakeet [non-standard], parroket, paroquet, parroquet

Derived forms: parakeets

Type of: parrot

Encyclopedia: Parakeet