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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Spanish
Origin: periquito, from Old French perroquet; PARROT1

parakeet

 noun
     
parakeet
Related topics: Birds
par‧a‧keet [countable]
HBB a small brightly coloured bird with a long tail
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