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Word entry · 8 letters

parakeet

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"Caged chatterer"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈpaɹəkiːt/Part of speech nounSorted aaeekprtStarts with PEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots

Word origin

From Middle French perroquet, probably a diminutive form of the personal name Pierre; some variant forms perhaps via Italian parrocchetto, Spanish periquito.

Used in a sentence

  • we had loved them for our pastimes, as we do apes, monkies, or perokitoes, and not as man.
  • 'Is it that it talks?' asked the lady. And the Phoenix replied in excellent French. It said, 'Parfaitement, madame!' 'Oh, the pretty parrakeet,' said the lady.
  • According to one legend, the parakeets escaped from the set of The African Queen, John Huston's 1951 film made at Shepperton studios.

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