English Explanatory Dictionary

monk parakeet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Myiopsitta monachus, a parrot of South America.

Word forms

monk parakeet monk parakeets

Etymology

From monk + parakeet, possibly derived from its taxonomic name, translingual Myiopsitta monachus (literally “monk Myiopsitta”).

Synonyms

monk parrot Quaker parrot
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