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
"How are you, neighbor?" he said, looking about him with his parrotlike glance.
From Bound to Rise by Horatio Alger
The danger is that a short argument on a large question may breed in one an easy content with a superficial and parrotlike discussion of the subject.
From The Making of Arguments by J. H. Gardiner
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
