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Carolina parakeet

noun

  1. an extinct New World parakeet, Conuropsis carolinensis, that ranged into the northern U.S., having yellowish-green plumage with an orange-yellow head.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Carolina parakeet1

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

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