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parrot

  • noun
  • par·rot
  • părʹət

A kind of bird, many species of which are colorful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae.

Example

“I bought a wonderful parrot at the pet store.”

Other meanings

  1. A parroter; a person who repeats the words or ideas of others.

    “What kind of a parrot are you? He just said that.”

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “parrot” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.