Meanings
plural parrakeets
- alternativeAlternative spelling of parakeet.
Another bird quickly learned to imitate the song of a canary that was mated with it, but as the parrakeet improved in the performance the canary degenerated, and came at last to mingle the other bird's harsh chitterings with its own proper music.
1870, Shirley Hibberd, Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste, page 170
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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parrakeet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parrakeet
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