monk parakeet

noun

Etymology

From monk + parakeet, possibly derived from its taxonomic name, translingual Myiopsitta monachus (literally “monk Myiopsitta”).

  1. derived from Myiopsitta monachus

Definitions

  1. Myiopsitta monachus, a parrot of South America.

The neighborhood

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