parrot
noun
any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
parrotlike
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a word derived from
parrot.
Example Sentences
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The dinosaur — Psittacosaurus lujiatunensis — was about as big as a medium-sized dog with a parrotlike beak.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 18, 2023
Rebuffed by the girls, Lloyd returned to his companions, stopping in front of Sasha’s sleeping form to shout an abrupt, parrotlike “Hey!”
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
They were not evolved out of other ideas, nor gathered up from obvious sources and repeated by her brain, parrotlike, as with so many of us.
From Clark's Field by Robert Herrick
While she chattered, parrotlike, to the judge, who was obviously impressed by her appearance, Algernon listened to her ejaculatory conversation with a mixture of admiration and awe.
From Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
Most of these, with their definitions, parrotlike, I had learned to spell, but never once in all my school experience had I been taught the derivation of a single word.
From Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude by Austin Bidwell
