parrot

English Thesaurus

1. usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bird,
definition	:	warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	popinjay,
definition	:	an archaic term for a parrot (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	poll, poll parrot,
definition	:	a tame parrot (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	african gray, african grey, psittacus erithacus,
definition	:	commonly domesticated grey parrot with red-and-black tail and white face; native to equatorial Africa (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	amazon,
definition	:	mainly green tropical American parrots (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	macaw,
definition	:	long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central America and South America; among the largest and showiest of parrots (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	kea, nestor notabilis,
definition	:	large brownish-green New Zealand parrot (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	cockatoo,
definition	:	white or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	cockateel, cockatiel, cockatoo parrot, nymphicus hollandicus,
definition	:	small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	lovebird,
definition	:	small African parrot noted for showing affection for their mates (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	lory,
definition	:	small brightly colored Australasian parrots having a brush-tipped tongue for feeding on nectar and soft fruits (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	parakeet, paraquet, paroquet, parrakeet, parroket, parroquet,
definition	:	any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	order psittaciformes, psittaciformes,
definition	:	an order of birds including parrots and amazons and cockatoos and lorikeets and lories and macaws and parakeets (noun.animal)

2. a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated (noun.person)

hypernym	:	ape, aper, copycat, emulator, imitator,
definition	:	someone who copies the words or behavior of another (noun.person)

3. repeat mindlessly (verb.communication)

hypernym	:	echo, repeat,
definition	:	to say again or imitate (verb.communication)

4. a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated (noun.person)

derivation	:	parrot,
definition	:	repeat mindlessly (verb.communication)

5. repeat mindlessly (verb.communication)

derivation	:	parrot,
definition	:	a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated (noun.person)

6. a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated (noun.person)

derivation	:	parrot,
definition	:	repeat mindlessly (verb.communication)

7. repeat mindlessly (verb.communication)

derivation	:	parrot,
definition	:	a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated (noun.person)