parakeet
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈpaɹəkiːt/, /paɹəˈkiːt/
Noun

parakeet (plural parakeets)

  1. A member of any of the various species of small parrots usually bred in Australia and Africa. [from 16th c.]
    • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 8, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821 ↗:
      we had loved them for our pastimes, as we do apes, monkies, or perokitoes, and not as man.
    • 2009, Patrick Barkham, The Guardian, 12 Oct 2009:
      According to one legend, the parakeets escaped from the set of The African Queen, John Huston's 1951 film made at Shepperton studios.
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