parrot

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So we did, first glancing up at the next-door balcony, to see if the parrot was there.

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  1. noun Any of numerous tropical and semitropical birds of the order Psittaciformes, characterized by a short hooked bill, brightly colored plumage, and, in some species, the ability to mimic human speech or other sounds.
  2. noun One who imitates the words or actions of another, especially without understanding them.
  3. transitive verb To repeat or imitate, especially without understanding.

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  • The vaporizings of the parrot were also largely inspired by the trials of the rebels, but the sagacious bird frequently drew upon such stock subjects as the follies of the gay world, the character of women, the unreliability of venal praise and interested personal satire, and the advantages of making one's will—the latter illustrated by a story. —  The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood
  • How he watched a wingless feathered creature like a parrot, and began cautiously eating what it ate. —  FSF,August2004
  • They need lots of attention and exercise. “I tell people that owning a parrot is a big responsibility, †™ †™ Usher said. “It†™ s like having a 2-year-old for life. †™ †™ —  News from www.pantagraph.com
  • McCain is now as sick as a parrot, and wants to take his bat and ball and go home. —  digg.com: Stories / Popular
  • John Cleese is the customer returning the parrot, who informs Michael Palin that the parrot is an "ex-parrot, bereft of life, he rests in peace, he's run down the curtain and joined the choir invisible, he's bleedin 'snuffed it" etc. —  3quarksdaily
 

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pigeon ·  owl ·  peacock ·  magpie ·  eagle ·  monkey ·  swan ·  goose ·  pheasant ·  sparrow ·  cuckoo ·  lizard

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parrot:   parrots ·  parroting
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  1. Probably from French dialectal Perrot, diminutive of Pierre, Peter.

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  1. Formerly also parrote, parret, parrat, parat; supposed to be, like F. pierrot, a sparrow, from French Perrot, Pierrot, diminutive of Pierre, Peter, from Latin Petrus, from Greek Πέτρος, Peter, from πέτρος, a rock: see pier. Cf. Spanish perico, a parrot, later ult. English parrakeet: see parrakeet. Cf. petrel, mag, magpie, jack, 10, jackdaw, robin, etc., names of birds from names of persons.
  2. from parrot, n.
 

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