Paroquet

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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