ring-necked parakeet
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.33 in modern English
32
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A species of parakeet, Psittacula krameri, prevalent in Asia and famous for escaping domestication and establishing wild populations in Britain.
Example Sentences
- "The bright-green ring-necked parakeet, originally hailing from India and Africa, has established itself in European cities thanks to the caged-bird trade for much of the 20th century."