Found 2 items, similar to parakeet.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: parakeet
parakeet
n : any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots [syn:
parrakeet,
parroket,
paraquet,
paroquet,
parroquet]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Parakeet
Parakeet
\Par"a*keet`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as
Parrakeet.
[1913 Webster]
Parrakeet
\Par"ra*keet`\ (p[a^]r"r[.a]*k[=e]t`), Parakeet
\Par"a*keet`\, n. [See
Paroquet.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of small parrots having a
graduated tail, which is frequently very long; -- called also
paroquet and
paraquet.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Many of the Asiatic and Australian species belong to
the genus
Paleornis; others belong to
Polytelis,
Platycercus,
Psephotus,
Euphema, and allied
genera. The American parrakeets mostly belong to the
genus
Conurus, as the Carolina parrakeet (
Conurus Carolinensis
).
[1913 Webster]