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parrot

44 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) parrot (noun)
  2. 2) parrot (verb)
  3. parrot-back chair (noun)
  4. parrot blue (noun)
  5. parrot crossbill (noun)
  6. parrot-cry (noun)
  7. parrot disease (noun)
  8. parrot fever (noun)
  9. parrot finch (noun)
  10. parrot fish (noun)
  11. parrot green (noun)
  12. parrot mouth (noun)
  13. parrot tulip (noun)
  14. parrot wrasse (noun)
  15. parrot's-beak (noun)
  16. parrot's-feather (noun)
  17. blue parrot fish (noun)
  18. brush-tongued parrot (noun)
  19. cockatoo-parrot (noun)
  20. eclectus parrot (noun)
  21. fig parrot (noun)
  22. grass parrot (noun)
  23. gray parrot (noun)
  24. ground parrot (noun)
  25. hawk parrot (noun)
  26. king parrot (noun)
  27. monk parrot (noun)
  28. mountain parrot (noun)
  29. musk parrot (noun)
  30. night parrot (noun)

1par·rot

noun \ˈper-ət, ˈpa-rət\

Definition of PARROT

1
: any of numerous widely distributed tropical birds (order Psittaciformes and especially family Psittacidae) that are often crested and brightly colored, have a distinctive stout hooked bill and zygodactyl feet, and include some excellent mimics
2
: a person who sedulously echoes another's words
— parrot adjective
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Origin of PARROT

probably modification of Middle French perroquet
First Known Use: circa 1525

Rhymes with PARROT

carat, caret, carrot, claret, garret, karat

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