Parrot

['pærət]

Definition

(noun.) usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds.

(noun.) a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated.

(verb.) repeat mindlessly; 'The students parroted the teacher's words'.

Editor: Milton--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) In a general sense, any bird of the order Psittaci.

(n.) Any species of Psittacus, Chrysotis, Pionus, and other genera of the family Psittacidae, 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.

(v. t.) To repeat by rote, as a parrot.

(v. i.) To chatter like a parrot.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Poll.

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Definition

n. one of a family of tropical and subtropical birds with brilliant plumage and a hooked bill remarkable for their faculty of imitating the human voice: a repeater of the words of others.—v.t. and v.i. to repeat by rote.—ns. Par′rot-coal a kind of coal which crepitates in burning; Par′roter; Par′rot-fish a name applied to various fishes from their colours or the shape of their jaws; Par′rotry servile imitation.

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Unserious Contents or Definition

Parrots chattering in your dreams, signifies frivolous employments and idle gossip among your friends. To see them in repose, denotes a peaceful intermission of family broils. For a young woman to dream that she owns a parrot, denotes that her lover will believe her to be quarrelsome. To teach a parrot, you will have trouble in your private affairs. A dead parrot, foretells the loss of social friends.

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Unserious Contents or Definition

An individual who can never be held responsible for what he says.

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Examples

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