Definition of "parakeets" [parakeets]

• Plural form of parakeet. (noun)

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• "They're often called parakeets, but that's technically correct."
• "However Dr Ian Rotherham, Director of the Environmental Change Research Unit at Sheffield Hallam University, said there is a danger that labelling parakeets as a "nasty alien" just because they are from abroad could be seen as a form of "racism" towards a foreign species"
• "It’s hot, near noon, and no reasonable bird or animal is stirring, except for the tiny skinks who streak across the track like rain and a burst of calling parakeets shimmering across the sky."