parakeet
/ˈpærəkiːt/(亦作parakeet)
noun
1- a small parrot with predominantly green plumage and a long tail长尾小鹦鹉; 鹦鹉; 鹦哥。
1.1
- Family Psittacidae: five genera, e.g. Psittacula of Asia and Africa and Cyanoramphus of Australasia, and many species.鹦鹉科：5属, 如亚洲和非洲的鹦鹉, 澳大拉西亚彩额鹦鹉属, 多种。
词源
mid 16th cent.: from Old French paroquet, Italian parrocchetto, and Spanish periquito; origin uncertain, perhaps (via Italian) based on a diminutive meaning 'little wig', referring to head plumage, or (via Spanish) based on a diminutive of the given name Pedro.