parakeet

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

parakeet
    n 1: any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots [syn:
         {parakeet}, {parrakeet}, {parroket}, {paraquet},
         {paroquet}, {parroquet}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Parakeet \Par"a*keet`\, n. (Zool.)
   Same as {Parrakeet}.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Parrakeet \Par"ra*keet`\ (p[a^]r"r[.a]*k[=e]t`), Parakeet
\Par"a*keet`\, n. [See {Paroquet}.] (Zool.)
   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] Parral