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Hummingbird vs Parakeet - What's the difference?

hummingbird | parakeet |

As nouns the difference between hummingbird and parakeet

is that hummingbird is any of various small american birds in the family trochilidae that have the ability to hover while parakeet is a member of any of the various species of small parrots usually bred in australia and africa.

hummingbird

English

(wikipedia hummingbird)

Alternative forms

* humming bird, humming-bird

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of various small American birds in the family Trochilidae that have the ability to hover.
  • * 1857 Thoreau, Henry David , journal entry, May 29, 1857. From Thoreau on Birds: notes on New England birds from the Journals of Henry David Thoreau'', Boston: Beacon Press, 1993, p238. (Originally published as the anthology ''Thoreau's bird-lore , Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1910, edited by Francis H. Allen.)
    • Soon I hear the low all-pervading hum of an approaching hummingbird circling above the rock, [...]

    Related terms

    (any of various small American birds in the family Trochilidae) * trochilidine

    See also

    * snowcap

    parakeet

    English

    Alternative forms

    * parrakeet, paroquet, perokito

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A member of any of the various species of small parrots usually bred in Australia and Africa.
  • *, II.8:
    • we had loved them for our pastimes, as we do apes, monkies, or perokitoes , and not as man.
  • * 2009 , Patrick Barkham, The Guardian , 12 Oct 2009:
    • According to one legend, the parakeets escaped from the set of The African Queen, John Huston's 1951 film made at Shepperton studios.

    Usage notes

    The common parakeet kept as a pet is called the budgie or budgerigar in Commonwealth nations.

    See also

    * (wikipedia "parakeet")