parrotlike

adjective

: resembling a parrot in physical appearance or characteristics

a parrotlike beak

especially : resembling the mechanical imitation or repetition of the form of something (as a word) without meaning that characterizes a trained parrot

not reading at all but rather a mere parrotlike word-calling process

—A. T. Weaver

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