parrot
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parrot/ˈparət/
▶noun a mainly tropical bird, typically brightly coloured, with a strong downcurved hooked bill and a raucous voice, some kinds of which are able to mimic human speech. [Order Psittaciformes: many species.] ▶verb (parrots, parroting, parroted) repeat (something) mechanically.
– origin C16: prob. from dial. Fr. perrot, dimin. of the male given name Pierre ‘Peter’.
'parrot' also found in these Oxford entries:
Amazon
- cockatiel
- cockatoo
- grass parakeet
- green leek
- honey parrot
- kaka
- kakapo
- kea
- lory
- lovebird
- macaw
- -ot
- owl parrot
- parakeet
- parrot-fashion
- parrotfish
- popinjay
- psittacine
- psittacosis
- rainbow lorikeet
