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Webster 1913 Edition
Paroquet
Par′o-quetˊ
,Noun.
(Zool.)
Same as
Parrakeet
. [Written also
paroket
, parroquet
, and perroquet
.] Paroquet auk
or
Paroquet auklet
(Zool.)
, a small auk (
Cyclorrhynchus psittaculus
) inhabiting the coast and islands of Alaska. The upper parts are dark slate, under parts white, bill orange red. Called also perroquet auk
.