monk parakeet

English

Etymology

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

Noun

monk parakeet (plural monk parakeets)

1. Myiopsitta monachus, a parrot of South America.

   Synonyms: monk parrot, Quaker parrot

Translations

Myiopsitta monachus

• Catalan: cotorreta pitgrisa f
• Czech: mníšek
• Finnish: munkkiaratti (fi)
• German: Mönchssittich m
• Persian: طوطی راهب (tuti râheb)
• Polish: mnicha f
• Russian: кали́та (ru) f (kalíta), толстоклю́вый попуга́й m (tolstokljúvyj popugáj), попуга́й-мона́х m (popugáj-monáx), ква́кер (ru) m (kváker)
• Vietnamese: vẹt thầy tu đuôi dài
• Welsh: parotan mynach m