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# parakeet

«parakeet» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small, often brightly coloured parrot with a long tail** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a parakeet, parakeets)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A parakeet is a small, often brightly coloured parrot with a long tail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parakeet/#m1)

2) (USA) In the USA a budgerigar (budgie), kept as a pet in a cage, is often called a parakeet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parakeet/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons parakeets are birds that eat seeds and fruit and live in flocks; in some cities, like London, wild green ring-necked parakeets now live in parks. In everyday life it is a common pet. Phrases: a pet parakeet, a flock of parakeets, a parakeet cage.

### examples

- Our parakeet can say «hello». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parakeet/#x1)
- A flock of green parakeets flew over the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parakeet/#x2)
- The parakeet cracked a seed with its beak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parakeet/#x3)
- My cousin in Ohio has a blue parakeet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parakeet/#x4)
- Parakeets need clean water and fresh food every day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parakeet/#x5)
- Wild parakeets now live in some British cities. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parakeet/#x6)
- The parakeet's long tail feathers were bright yellow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parakeet/#x7)

### note

Countable: one parakeet, two parakeets; use «a». In the UK and Australia a small pet parrot is usually called a budgie, in the USA a parakeet. All parakeets are parrots, but not all parrots are parakeets.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «parakeet» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parakeet/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.