Carolina parakeet

noun

an extinct New World parakeet, Conuropsis carolinensis, that ranged into the northern U.S., having yellowish-green plumage with an orange-yellow head.

Origin:
1840–50, Americanism

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carolina parakeet
noun
extinct parakeet whose range extended far into the United States

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