parrot : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: parrot	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for parrot
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
parrot n usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated v repeat mindlessly; "The students parroted the teacher's words"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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[94]l.) In a general sense, any bird of the order {Psittaci}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of {Psittacus}, {Chrysotis}, {Pionus}, and other genera of the family {Psittacid[91]}, 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[94]l.), the Carolina parrakeet. See {Parrakeet}. {Night parrot}, [or] {Owl parrot}. (Zo[94]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[94]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Parrot \Par"rot\, v. t. To repeat by rote, as a parrot.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Parrot \Par"rot\, v. i. To chatter like a parrot.