Definition of Paraquets

1. paraquet [n] - See also: paraquet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Paraquets

parapsoriasis lichenoides
parapsoriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta
parapsoriasis varioliformis
parapsychological
parapsychologies
parapsychologist
parapsychologists
parapsychology
paraptera
parapterum
paraquat
paraquat lung
paraquat poisoning
paraquats
paraquet
paraquets
paraquito
pararama
pararammelsbergite
pararealgar
pararectal
pararectal lymph nodes
parareflexia
parareligion
parareligions
pararenal
pararescue
pararescueman

Literary usage of Paraquets

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Story of Australian Exploration by Robert Thynne (1894)
"These pretty little paraquets were of all colours, red, green, blue, yellow, and each colour a vivid and lively tint. When a flock of these chatterers flew ..."

2. The Works of George Berkeley, D.D., Bishop of Cloyne by George Berkeley, John Dewey, Ferdinand Gregorovius, George Sampson, Annie Hamilton, Arthur James Balfour Balfour (1898)
"And I look on the beaus and ladies as so many paraquets in an aviary, or tulips in a garden, designed purely for my diversion. A gallery of pictures, ..."

3. Stuart Tracts, 1603-1693 by Charles H (Sir) Firth (1903)
"There is great plenty of birds and fowl, as pelicans, flam- mans [ ? flamingoes], paraquets, mocking birds, and an innumerable company of sea fowl : and ..."

4. An English Garner: Ingatherings from Our History & Literature by Edward Arber (1895)
"There is great plenty of birds and fowl, as pelicans, flam- mans [ ? flamingoes], paraquets, mocking birds, and an innumerable company of sea fowl: and also ..."

5. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1850)
"... which give food to paraquets, pigeons, and other birds ; to whose ancestors it is probable the island was originally indebted for this vegetation. ..."

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