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    PARRAKEET

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrotsplay

    Synonyms:

    parakeet; paraquet; paroquet; parrakeet; parroket; parroquet

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    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("parrakeet" is a kind of...):

    parrot (usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "parrakeet"):

    Carolina parakeet; Conuropsis carolinensis (extinct parakeet whose range extended far into the United States)

    budgereegah; budgerigar; budgerygah; budgie; grass parakeet; lovebird; Melopsittacus undulatus; shell parakeet (small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors)

    Psittacula krameri; ring-necked parakeet (African parakeet)

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