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Definitions for Parakeet
[1] any of numerous small, slender parrots, usually having a long, pointed, graduated tail, often kept as pets and noted for the ability to mimic speech: several species are endangered.
[2] any of numerous small usually brightly coloured long-tailed parrots, such as Psittacula krameri (ring-necked parakeet ), of Africa
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Origin of Parakeet
1575–85; < Middle French paroquet parrot, apparently originally a diminutive of P(i)errot, diminutive of Pierre Peter, as a name for a parrot; the modern form and its earlier variants have been influenced by Italian parrocchetto and Spanish periquito (both ultimately < MF)
Word origin for Parakeet
C16: from Spanish periquito and Old French paroquet parrot, of uncertain origin