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- parrˈot-beak, parrˈot-bill or parrˈot-jaw nounThe New Zealand glory-pea, from the form of its flowers• • •Main Entry: ↑parrot
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Parrot's-bill — Par rot s bill (p[a^]r r[u^]ts*b[i^]l ), n. [So called from the resemblance of its curved superior petal to a parrot s bill.] (Bot.) The glory pea. See under {Glory}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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parrot — ► NOUN ▪ a mainly tropical bird with brightly coloured plumage and a strong downcurved hooked bill, some kinds of which are able to mimic human speech. ► VERB (parroted, parroting) ▪ repeat mechanically. ORIGIN probably from French dialect perrot … English terms dictionary
parrot — [par′ət] n. [Fr dial. perrot, prob. after Perrot, dim. of Pierre, Peter] 1. any of an order (Psittaciformes) of tropical or subtropical birds with a hooked bill, brightly colored feathers, and feet having two toes pointing forward and two… … English World dictionary
Parrot — Taxobox name = Parrots fossil range = fossil range|54|0Early Eocene – Recent image width = 240px image caption = Peach fronted Parakeets Aratinga aurea regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves infraclassis = Neognathae ordo =… … Wikipedia
Parrot Crossbill — Taxobox name = Parrot Crossbill status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 status ref = [IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=53486|title=Loxia pytyopsittacus|downloaded=12 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this… … Wikipedia
parrot — n. & v. n. 1 any of various mainly tropical birds of the order Psittaciformes, with a short hooked bill, often having vivid plumage and able to mimic the human voice. 2 a person who mechanically repeats the words or actions of another. v.tr.… … Useful english dictionary
parrot fish — noun : any of numerous marine percoid fish having the teeth in each jaw fused into a cutting plate or parrotlike beak: a. : a fish of the family Scaridae b. : any of various wrasses c. : a fish of the family Oplegnathidae called also false parrot … Useful english dictionary
parrot's-beak — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun or parrot s bill ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷; or parrotbeak ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ (plural parrot s beaks or parrot s bills or parrotbeaks) Etymology … Useful english dictionary
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