parrakeet
Britishnoun
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The "plume-hunters" have practically exterminated the plume-bearing egrets, wholly annihilated the roseate spoonbill, the flamingo, and also the Carolina parrakeet.
From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple
West Virginia: Pigeon, parrakeet; bison, elk, beaver, puma, gray wolf.
From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple
Something of this new interest must have penetrated the señora’s consciousness, for her wailing ceased; she cocked her head on one side like a listening parrakeet.
From Leerie by Sawyer, Ruth
The smallest, which is known as the grass parrakeet, or “the love-bird,” is about the size of a sparrow.
From Peeps At Many Lands: Australia by Spence, Percy F. S. (Percy Frederick Seaton)
Alabama: Passenger pigeon, Carolina parrakeet; puma, elk, gray wolf, beaver.
From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple
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