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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| parrot fever or parrot disease | |
| —n | |
| another name for psittacosis | |
| parrot disease or parrot disease | |
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parrot fever par·rot fever (pār'ət)
n.
See psittacosis.
parrot fever
infectious disease of worldwide distribution caused by a bacterial parasite (Chlamydia psittaci) and transmitted to humans from various birds. The infection has been found in about 70 different species of birds; parrots and parakeets (Psittacidae, from which the disease is named), pigeons, turkeys, ducks, and geese are the principal sources of human infection.
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