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par⋅rot

[par-uh

–noun

1.	any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.

2.	a person who, without thought or understanding, merely repeats the words or imitates the actions of another.

–verb (used with object)

3.	to repeat or imitate without thought or understanding.

4.	to teach to repeat or imitate in such a fashion.

Origin:
1515–25; appar. < MF P(i)errot, dim. of Pierre (see parakeet ), though a comparable sense of the F word is not known until the 18th century

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Language Translation for : Parrot

Spanish:

loro, papagayo,

German:

der Papagei,

Japanese:

おうむ

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par·rot (pār'ət) Pronunciation Key
n.

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.
One who imitates the words or actions of another, especially without understanding them.

tr.v. par·rot·ed, par·rot·ing, par·rots
To repeat or imitate, especially without understanding.

[Probably from French dialectal Perrot, diminutive of Pierre, Peter.]
par'rot·er n.

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parrot

c.1525, perhaps from dial. M.Fr. perrot, from var. of Pierre "Peter;" or perhaps a dial. form of perroquet (see parakeet). Replaced earlier popinjay. The verb "repeat without understanding" is first attested 1596. The Ger. naturalist Alexander von Humboldt in S.America 1800 encountered a very old parrot that was the sole speaker of a dead Indian language, the original tribe having gone extinct.

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parrot
noun
1.	usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds
2.	a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated
verb
1.	repeat mindlessly; "The students parroted the teacher's words"

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Parrot

Par"rot\, n. [Prob. fr. F. Pierrot, dim. of Pierre Peter. F. pierrot is also the name of the sparrow. Cf. Paroquet, Petrel, Petrify.]

1. (Zo["o]l.) In a general sense, any bird of the order Psittaci.

2. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of Psittacus, Chrysotis, Pionus, and other genera of the family Psittacid[ae], 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.

Carolina parrot (Zo["o]l.), the Carolina parrakeet. See Parrakeet.

Night parrot, or Owl parrot. (Zo["o]l.) See Kakapo.

Parrot coal, cannel coal; -- so called from the crackling and chattering sound it makes in burning. [Eng. & Scot.]

Parrot green. (Chem.) See Scheele's green, under Green, n.

Parrot weed (Bot.), a suffrutescent plant (Bocconia frutescens) of the Poppy family, native of the warmer parts of America. It has very large, sinuate, pinnatifid leaves, and small, panicled, apetalous flowers.

Parrot wrasse, Parrot fish (Zo["o]l.), any fish of the genus Scarus. One species (S. Cretensis), found in the Mediterranean, is esteemed by epicures, and was highly prized by the ancient Greeks and Romans.

Parrot

Par"rot\, v. t. To repeat by rote, as a parrot.

Parrot

Par"rot\, v. i. To chatter like a parrot.