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

Derived forms: paroquets

Type of: parrot

Encyclopedia: Paroquet