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paroquet

paroquet is the archaic spelling of parakeet.

Meaning of parakeet

Noun

parakeet (plural parakeets)

  1. Any of various species of small parrot primarily of tropical regions.
    • we had loved them for our pastimes, as we do apes, monkies, or perokitoes, and not as man.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 8, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Forms of paroquet

pluralparoquets

Phrases with paroquet

Questions about paroquet

What is paroquet the archaic spelling of?
Paroquet is the archaic spelling of parakeet.

Words near paroquet in the dictionary

  1. paroophoron
  2. Paropamisadae
  3. Paropamisus
  4. parophthalmoncus
  5. paroptic
  6. paroquet
  7. paroquet auk
  8. paroquet auklet
  9. paroquet auklets
  10. paroquet auks
  11. paroquets

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