parrakeet
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Mr. Warrington had had his meals served in his cabin, but the steward declared that the gentleman was not ill, only tired and irritable, and that he amused himself with a trained parrakeet.
From Parrot & Co. by MacGrath, Harold
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)
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
West Virginia: Pigeon, parrakeet; bison, elk, beaver, puma, gray wolf.
From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple
He smoothed her hair away from her salt-bitten eyes, laid his cheek pat against hers, and murmured to her through the scratch in his throat, like a parrakeet croons to its mate.
From Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole by Hurst, Fannie
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