parrakeet
Britishnoun
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Wisconsin: Whooping crane, passenger pigeon, American egret, wild turkey, Carolina parrakeet; bison, moose, elk, woodland caribou, puma, wolverine.
From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by William Temple Hornaday
West Virginia: Pigeon, parrakeet; bison, elk, beaver, puma, gray wolf.
From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by William Temple Hornaday
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 Paul T. (Paul Thomas) Gilbert
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 Henry Oyen
Which will you have, old chap—magpie, parrakeet, pigeon, monkey, or mice?” said young Essington, gayly.
From Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories by Thomas W. Hanshew
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