Definitions
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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Caged chatterer”8 letters
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