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Definition of Parroket
1. Noun. Any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots.
Generic synonyms: Parrot
Specialized synonyms: Carolina Parakeet, Conuropsis Carolinensis, Budgereegah, Budgerigar, Budgerygah, Budgie, Grass Parakeet, Lovebird, Melopsittacus Undulatus, Shell Parakeet, Psittacula Krameri, Ring-necked Parakeet
Definition of Parroket
1. parakeet [n -S] - See also: parakeet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parroket
Literary usage of Parroket
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Diplomatist's Wife in Many Lands by Hugh Fraser (1910)
"He returned from the review with a head as green as a parroket's; the tint paled
as weeks passed, ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"... or knag (which is a ft mil lyk vnto a parroket, or parret, which maks place
for her nest with her beck in the oak-trie,) duke ..."
3. Duffy's Hibernian Magazine: A Monthly Journal of Legends, Tales, and Stories (1861)
"jester two birds at some future time if he would restore the parroket ; but Will,
while expressing his sense of the Earl's liberality, drily remarked that ..."
4. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"... lyk vnto a parroket, or parret, which maks place for her nest with her beck
in the oak-trie,) duke, draig, widgeon, teale, wild gouse, ..."
5. Monatsberichte über die Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Berlin by Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Berlin (1844)
"Die Engländer benutzen den parroket nur zu ... und zieht, nie der parroket, zu
gewisser Zeit ¡n die Hügel und zu anderer in die Ebene hinab. ..."
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