"monk parakeet" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: monk parakeets [plural]
Etymology: From monk + parakeet, possibly derived from its taxonomic name, translingual Myiopsitta monachus (literally “monk Myiopsitta”). Etymology templates: {{com|en|monk|parakeet}} monk + parakeet, {{der|en|mul|Myiopsitta monachus|lit=monk Myiopsitta}} translingual Myiopsitta monachus (literally “monk Myiopsitta”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} monk parakeet (plural monk parakeets)
  1. Myiopsitta monachus, a parrot of South America. Synonyms: monk parrot, Quaker parrot Translations (Myiopsitta monachus): دُرَّة رَاهِبَة (alt: durra(t) rāhiba) [feminine] (Arabic), cotorreta pitgrisa [feminine] (Catalan), 和尚鸚鵡 /和尚鹦鹉 (héshàng yīngwǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 塔樓鸚鵡 /塔楼鹦鹉 (tǎlóu yīngwǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), mníšek (Czech), monniksparkiet [masculine] (Dutch), muisparkiet [masculine] (Dutch), torresparkiet [masculine] (Dutch), munkkiaratti (Finnish), conure veuve (english: formerly) [masculine] (French), Mönchssittich [masculine] (German), طوطی راهب (tuti râheb) (Persian), mnicha [feminine] (Polish), кали́та (kalíta) [feminine] (Russian), толстоклю́вый попуга́й (tolstokljúvyj popugáj) [masculine] (Russian), попуга́й-мона́х (popugáj-monáx) [masculine] (Russian), ква́кер (kváker) [masculine] (Russian), cotorra argentina [feminine] (Spanish), perico monje [masculine] (Spanish), cata [feminine] (Spanish), catita [feminine] (Spanish), cotorra ventigrís [feminine] (Spanish), munkparakit [common-gender] (Swedish), vẹt thầy tu đuôi dài (Vietnamese), parotan mynach [masculine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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