Any of various passerine birds of the family Paradisaeidae native to Oceania. In many of the species the breeding plumage of the males is brightly coloured.

A unit of length, used in astronomy, defined as the distance from the Earth of an object that exhibits a parallax of 1 arcsecond. It is approximately equal to 3.08568025 × 10¹³ kilometers or 3.2616 light years.

An apparent shift in the position of two stationary objects relative to each other as viewed by an observer, due to a change in observer position.

(transitive) To measure (a distance) based on parallax observations. / (animation) To produce an illusion of levels of distance by shifting layers at different rates.

An advocate or helper. / Alternative letter-case form of Paraclete, the Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost.

(law) One who assists a lawyer in routine legal work, but who is without qualified status as a solicitor or barrister (England and Wales), attorney (U.S.), or advocate; known more commonly in the U.S. as a legal assistant.

(astronomy) The observation that the night sky is mostly dark, yet, in a boundless universe of stars, every line of sight from the eye must eventually intercept the surface of a star.

(dated) A list of the most popular songs at the moment. / (baseball) Many hits in a row scored by one team.

Alternative spelling of sulfur parakeet

The ring-necked parakeet, Psittacula krameri