parakeet, parrakeet, parroket, paraquet, paroquet, parroquet

any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots

• Carolina parakeet, Conuropsis carolinensis — extinct parakeet whose range extended far into the United States
• budgerigar, budgereegah, budgerygah, budgie, grass parakeet, lovebird, shell parakeet, Melopsittacus undulatus — small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors
• ring-necked parakeet, Psittacula krameri — African parakeet

• parrot — usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds