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Parrot \Par"rot\ (p[a^]r"r[u^]t), n. [Prob. fr. F. Pierrot, dim.
of Pierre Peter. F. pierrot is also the name of the sparrow.
Cf. {Paroquet}, {Petrel}, {Petrify}.]
1. (Zool.) In a general sense, any bird of the order
{Psittaci}.
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2. (Zool.) Any species of {Psittacus}, {Chrysotis}, {Pionus},
and other genera of the family {Psittacid[ae]}, 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.
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{Carolina parrot} (Zool.), the Carolina parrakeet. See
{Parrakeet}.
{Night parrot}, or {Owl parrot}. (Zool.) 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} (Zool.), 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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