monk parakeet
noun
Definition of monk parakeet
: a South American green and gray parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus) that is kept as a cage bird and has become established in several wild breeding populations in the U.S. from escaped stock
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First Known Use of monk parakeet
circa 1925
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