paroquet

English

Noun

paroquet (plural paroquets)

  1. Dated form of parakeet.
    • 1924, Anne Carroll Moore, chapter XVI, in Nicholas, A Manhattan Christmas Story, page 287:
      " […] General Hamilton planted the gardens and shade trees himself, and just before Christmas, he wrote to General Pinckney in South Carolina and asked him to send him some melon seeds and two or three paroquets. 'My daughter (Angelica),' he said, 'is very fond of birds.' "
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