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English-Thai Dictionary

parakeet

N นกแก้ว เล็ก  parrot nok-kea-lek

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PARAKEET

PARAKEET Par "a *keet `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Same as Parrakeet.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

parakeet

par a keet |ˈparəˌkēt ˈpærəˌkit | noun a small parrot with predominantly green plumage and a long tail. [Family Psittacidae: five genera, e.g., Psittacula of Asia and Africa and Cyanoramphus of Australasia, and many species. ] ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Old French paroquet, Italian parrocchetto, and Spanish periquito; origin uncertain, perhaps (via Italian ) based on a diminutive meaning little wig, referring to head plumage, or (via Spanish ) based on a diminutive of the given name Pedro .

 

Oxford Dictionary

parakeet

parakeet |ˈparəkiːt |(also parrakeet ) noun a small parrot with predominantly green plumage and a long tail. Family Psittacidae: five genera, e.g. Psittacula of Asia and Africa and Cyanoramphus of Australasia, and many species. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Old French paroquet, Italian parrocchetto, and Spanish periquito; origin uncertain, perhaps (via Italian ) based on a diminutive meaning little wig , referring to head plumage, or (via Spanish ) based on a diminutive of the given name Pedro .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

parakeet

par a keet /pǽrəkìːt /名詞 C 〘鳥 〙インコ 〘尾が長く羽の美しい小形オウム類 〙.