parrakeet
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Illinois: Passenger pigeon, whooping crane, Carolina parrakeet, trumpeter swan, snowy egret, Eskimo curlew; bison, elk, white-tailed deer, black bear, puma, Canada lynx.
From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple
There were more farewells in shallow water, more running to and fro; a brief reappearance of the undecided parrakeet.
From Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas by Osbourne, Lloyd
Which will you have, old chap—magpie, parrakeet, pigeon, monkey, or mice?” said young Essington, gayly.
From Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories by Hanshew, Thomas W.
West Virginia: Pigeon, parrakeet; bison, elk, beaver, puma, gray wolf.
From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple
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)
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