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Definition of Parrakeets
1. parrakeet [n] - See also: parrakeet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parrakeets
Literary usage of Parrakeets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blood of Things: A Second Book of Free Forms by Alfred Kreymborg (1920)
"... If you don't put two in a cage, parrakeets die. Please put two in a cage,
whoever you are? Blue Sky OWLS opens one eye at a time; but it sees in a wink ..."
2. Birds' Nests: An Introduction to the Science of Caliology by Charles Dixon (1902)
"... and Bee-eaters—Of certain parrakeets—Of the Burrowing Owl—Of the Puffins —Of
the Petrels—Stormy Petrel—Fork-tailed Petrel—Spectacled Petrel—Of the Whale ..."
3. Remarks on Forest Scenery and Other Woodland Views by William Gilpin (1834)
"... announce his near approach to the eastern horizon ; and the parrots and
parrakeets confirm his arrival there." In North America, the Moose Deer seems ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The ground parrakeets of Australia are so named from their terrestrial habits,
... The grass parrakeets of Australia, of which the common cage-bird, ..."
5. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"The ground parrakeets of Australia are so named from their terrestrial habits,
... The grass parrakeets of Australia, of which the common cage- bird, ..."
6. Winston's Cumulative ... Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Bookby Charles Morris by Charles Morris (1918)
"... etc., are characteristic species, of the population are engaged cultivating
vultures, the peacock, parrakeets, the ad- £23000000 annually. ..."
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