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parrot
parrot is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: In a general sense, any bird of the order Psittaci. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 7 senses
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- 1noun
In a general sense, any bird of the order Psittaci.
- 2noun
Any species of Psittacus, Chrysotis, Pionus, and other genera of the family Psittacidae, 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.
- 3transitive verb
To repeat by rote, as a parrot.
- 4intransitive verb
To chatter like a parrot.
- 5noun
usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds
- 6noun
a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated
- 7verb
repeat mindlessly
"The students parroted the teacher's words"
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