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Parakeet
Par′a-keetˊ
,Noun.
(Zool.)
Same as
Parrakeet
. {
, Par′ra-keetˊ
(păr′rȧ-kētˊ)
, Par′a-keetˊ
}Noun.
[See
Paroquet
.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of small parrots having a graduated tail, which is frequently very long; – called also
paroquet
and paraquet
. ☞ Many of the Asiatic and Australian species belong to the genus
Paleornis
; others belong to Polytelis
, Platycercus
, Psephotus
, Euphema
, and allied genera. The American parrakeets mostly belong to the genus Conurus
, as the Carolina parrakeet (Conurus Carolinensis
).