parrakeet

British  

/ ˈpærəˌkiːt /

noun

1. a variant spelling of parakeet

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Example Sentences

Flamingo, roseate spoonbill, scarlet ibis, Carolina parrakeet, passenger pigeon.

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

A parrakeet swings in the window on a bamboo perch, and in another window hangs an orchid growing from the dried husk of a cocoanut.

From The Great White Tribe in Filipinia by Gilbert, Paul T. (Paul Thomas)

Flaming red cardinals flew to and fro before the intruders, and a small green parrakeet clung upside down to a moon vine and whistled as they went past.

From The Plunderer by Oyen, Henry