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- noun Plural form of
parakeet .
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Examples
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They're often called parakeets, but that's technically correct.
Blisstree 2009
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They're often called parakeets, but that's technically correct.
Blisstree 2009
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However Dr Ian Rotherham, Director of the Environmental Change Research Unit at Sheffield Hallam University, said there is a danger that labelling parakeets as a "nasty alien" just because they are from abroad could be seen as a form of "racism" towards a foreign species
Tel-Chai Nation 2009
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It’s hot, near noon, and no reasonable bird or animal is stirring, except for the tiny skinks who streak across the track like rain and a burst of calling parakeets shimmering across the sky.
Birdology Sy Montgomery 2010
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"I would be very careful where I'd put candles," he advises, adding that the fumes can be toxic to birds such as parakeets, canaries and parrots.
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A feral population of monk parakeets in New Jersey has won over some of the populace, but a bill protecting them has stalled in the state Senate committee.
NJ Monk Parakeets 2009
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Tom, Armando and George had been detoured chasing parakeets, and I stood alone at the ceremonial altar in front of the ancient stone structure.
Meg Pier: Guatemalan Jungle Reveals the Wisdom of the Maya's Tikal and Time Meg Pier 2011
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Tom, Armando and George had been detoured chasing parakeets, and I stood alone at the ceremonial altar in front of the ancient stone structure.
Meg Pier: Guatemalan Jungle Reveals the Wisdom of the Maya's Tikal and Time Meg Pier 2011
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The only place that we see parakeets around here is trapped in cages.
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A feral population of monk parakeets in New Jersey has won over some of the populace, but a bill protecting them has stalled in the state Senate committee.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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