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单词 parakeet
释义 parakeet
 /par"euh keet'/,  n.  
 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.
 Also, paraquet, paroquet, parrakeet, parroket, parroquet.
 [1575-85; < MF paroquet parrot, appar. orig. a dim. of P(i)errot, dim. of Pierre Peter, as a name for a parrot; the modern form and its earlier vars. have been influenced by It parrocchetto and Sp periquito (both ult. < MF)]
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