transitive verb.
To repeat by rote, without understanding, as a parrot.
intransitive verb.
To chatter like a parrot.
noun.
In a general sense, any bird of the order Psittaci.
noun.
Any species of Psittacus, Chrysotis, Pionus, and other genera of the family Psittacidæ, 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 (Psittacus 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.
noun.
the Carolina parrakeet. See Parrakeet.
noun.
See Kakapo.
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noun.
cannel coal; -- so called from the crackling and chattering sound it makes in burning.
noun.
See Scheele's green, under Green, n.
noun.
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.
noun.
any fish of the genus Scarus. One species (Scarus Cretensis), found in the Mediterranean, is esteemed by epicures, and was highly prized by the ancient Greeks and Romans.
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