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| any of numerous small, slender parrots, usually having a long, pointed, graduated tail, often kept as pets and noted for the ability to mimic speech: several species are endangered. |
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parakeet
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n. Any of various small slender parrots, usually having long tapering tails and often kept as pets. [Spanish periquito, probably diminutive of Perico, diminutive of Pedro, Peter.] |
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parakeet
1621, from Sp. perquito; earlier Eng. form parroket (1581) is from M.Fr. paroquet, from O.Fr. paroquet (14c.), which is said by etymologists of Fr. to be from It. parrocchetto, lit. "little priest," from parroco "parish priest," from Church L. parochus (see parish), or parrucchetto, dim. of parrucca "peruke, periwig," in ref. to the head plumage. The Sp. form, meanwhile, is sometimes said to be a dim. of Perico, familiar form of Pedro "Peter," and the O.Fr. word is likewise perhaps from or infl. by a dim. of Pierre "Peter." The relations of the Sp. and It. forms, and the influence of folk etymology on either or both, are uncertain.
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| parakeet | |
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| any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots |
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Parakeet
Par"a*keet`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Parrakeet.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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