Is there anyone who happens to know the meaning of the word 'paroquet'? Thanks in afvance.
I've looked up dictionaries but couldn't find it.
It is used in the following sentence from O'Henry's story "The Day We Celebrate":
He was an ex-seaman.... and imported personally conducted invoices of talking parrots and dialectic paroquets.*advance

Question

Is there anyone who happens to know the meaning of the word 'paroquet'? Thanks in afvance.
I've looked up dictionaries but couldn't find it.
It is used in the following sentence from O'Henry's story "The Day We Celebrate":
He was an ex-seaman.... and imported personally conducted invoices of talking parrots and dialectic paroquets.*advance

Answer

I think it's an old word for parakeet (a type of bird).

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