Noun
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usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds
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bird warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
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order psittaciformes,
psittaciformes an order of birds including parrots and amazons and cockatoos and lorikeets and lories and macaws and parakeets
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popinjay an archaic term for a parrot
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poll parrot,
poll the counting of votes (as in an election)
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african gray,
african grey,
psittacus erithacus commonly domesticated grey parrot with red-and-black tail and white face; native to equatorial Africa
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amazon mainly green tropical American parrots
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macaw long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central America and South America; among the largest and showiest of parrots
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kea,
nestor notabilis large brownish-green New Zealand parrot
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cockatoo white or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds
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cockateel,
cockatiel,
cockatoo parrot,
nymphicus hollandicus small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head
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lovebird small African parrot noted for showing affection for their mates
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lory small brightly colored Australasian parrots having a brush-tipped tongue for feeding on nectar and soft fruits
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| parrot -
a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated
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aper,
copycat,
emulator,
imitator,
ape someone who copies the words or behavior of another
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Verb
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repeat mindlessly; "The students parroted the teacher's words"
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echo,
repeat call to mind; "His words echoed John F. Kennedy"
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