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Parrot : (noun)
1: usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with
short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds
2: a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being
imitated
(verb)
1: repeat mindlessly; "The students parroted the teacher's
words"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Parrot : \Par"rot\, n. [Prob. fr. F. Pierrot, dim. of Pierre
Peter. F. pierrot is also the name of the sparrow. Cf.
Paroquet, Petrel, Petrify.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) In a general sense, any bird of the order
Psittaci.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of Psittacus, Chrysotis,
Pionus, and other genera of the family Psittacid[ae],
as distinguished from the parrakeets, macaws, and lories.
They have a short rounded or even tail, and often a naked
space on the cheeks. The gray parrot, or jako ({P.
erithacus) of Africa (see Jako), and the species of
Amazon, or green, parrots ({Chrysotis) of America, are
examples. Many species, as cage birds, readily learn to
imitate sounds, and to repeat words and phrases.
Carolina parrot (Zo["o]l.), the Carolina parrakeet. See
Parrakeet.
Night parrot, or Owl parrot. (Zo["o]l.) See Kakapo.
Parrot coal, cannel coal; -- so called from the crackling
and chattering sound it makes in burning. [Eng. & Scot.]
Parrot green. (Chem.) See Scheele's green, under Green,
n.
Parrot weed (Bot.), a suffrutescent plant ({Bocconia
frutescens) of the Poppy family, native of the warmer
parts of America. It has very large, sinuate, pinnatifid
leaves, and small, panicled, apetalous flowers.
Parrot wrasse, Parrot fish (Zo["o]l.), any fish of the
Scarus._One_species_({S._Cretensis">genus Scarus. One species ({S. Cretensis), found in the
Mediterranean, is esteemed by epicures, and was highly
prized by the ancient Greeks and Romans.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Parrot : \Par"rot\, v. t.
To repeat by rote, as a parrot.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Parrot : \Par"rot\, v. i.
To chatter like a parrot.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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