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| parrot | |
| 1. n. A kind of bird, many species of which are colourful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae. |  |
| I bought a wonderful parrot at the pet store. | |
| 2. n. A parroter; a person who repeats the words or ideas of others. | |
| What kind of a parrot are you? He just said that. | |
| 3. n. (archaic) A puffin. | |
| 4. n. (geology, obsolete) Channel coal. | |
| 5. v. To repeat (exactly what has just been said) without necessarily showing understanding, in the manner of a parrot. | |
| The interviewee merely parroted the views of her tabloid. | |
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