parroquet

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
parroquet
    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
Paroquet \Par"o*quet`\, n. [F. perroquet, or Sp. periquito; both
   prob. orig. meaning, little Peter. See {Parrot}.] (Zool.)
   Same as {Parrakeet}. [Written also {paroket}, {parroquet},
   and {perroquet}.]
   [1913 Webster]

   {Paroquet auk} or {Paroquet auklet} (Zool.), a small auk
      ({Cyclorrhynchus psittaculus}) inhabiting the coast and
      islands of Alaska. The upper parts are dark slate, under
      parts white, bill orange red. Called also {perroquet auk}.
      [1913 Webster]
    

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