parrot

n usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds

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an archaic term for a parrot; poll, poll parrot
a tame parrot; African gray, African grey, Psittacus erithacus
commonly domesticated grey parrot with red-and-black tail and white face; native to equatorial Africa; amazon
mainly green tropical American parrots; macaw
long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central America and South America; among the largest and showiest of parrots; Nestor notabilis, kea
large brownish-green New Zealand parrot; cockatoo
white or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds; Nymphicus hollandicus, cockateel, cockatiel, cockatoo parrot
small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head; lovebird
small African parrot noted for showing affection for their mates; lory
small brightly colored Australasian parrots having a brush-tipped tongue for feeding on nectar and soft fruits; parakeet, paraquet, paroquet, parrakeet, parroket, parroquet
any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots; Cacatua galerita, Kakatoe galerita, sulphur-crested cockatoo
white cockatoo with a yellow erectile crest; Kakatoe leadbeateri, pink cockatoo
white Australian cockatoo with roseate tinged plumage; lorikeet
any of various small lories; Carolina parakeet, Conuropsis carolinensis
extinct parakeet whose range extended far into the United States; Melopsittacus undulatus, budgereegah, budgerigar, budgerygah, budgie, grass parakeet, lovebird, shell parakeet
small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors; Psittacula krameri, ring-necked parakeet
African parakeet

Type of:: bird
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

n a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated

Type of:: ape, aper, copycat, emulator, imitator
someone who copies the words or behavior of another

v repeat mindlessly

“The students parroted the teacher's words”

Type of:: echo, repeat
to say again or imitate

DEFINITIONS OF: parrot

n usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds

n a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated

v repeat mindlessly