Parroquet

2 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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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