Parrot

  • 101parrot-fashion — adv Like a parrot; by rote memorization and without any understanding. The candidate delivered a speech that was prepared for him and he read it parrot fashion …

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  • 102parrot fashion —    If you learn something parrot fashion, you learn it word for word. A parrot is a bird from South America that can talk.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …

    English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • 103parrot-fashion — British & Australian if you learn something parrot fashion, you are able to repeat the words, but you do not understand their meaning. When I went to Sunday school, we had to recite passages from the Bible parrot fashion …

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  • 104Parrot fashion —   If you learn something parrot fashion, you learn it word for word. A parrot is a bird from South America that can talk …

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  • 105parrot's-flower — papūginis bangminys statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Bangmininių šeimos dekoratyvinis augalas (Heliconia psittacorum), paplitęs Pietų Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Heliconia psittacorum angl. parrot s flower; parrot s plantain šaltinis… …

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  • 106parrot's-plantain — papūginis bangminys statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Bangmininių šeimos dekoratyvinis augalas (Heliconia psittacorum), paplitęs Pietų Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Heliconia psittacorum angl. parrot s flower; parrot s plantain šaltinis… …

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  • 107parrot fishes — papūgžuvinės statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas šeima apibrėžtis Vandenynų atogrąžų platumos, koralų rifai ir uolingos priekrantės. 11 genčių, parrot fishes100 rūšių. Kūno ilgis – iki 2 m. Gyvena pavieniui. Minta koralais ir… …

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  • 108parrot-cry — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a cry (as a contention, complaint, or plea) made in stupid imitation or repeated mechanically without understanding the parrot cry has gone up that these recommendations must be taken as a whole Contemporary Review * * *… …

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  • 109parrot wrasse — noun : parrot fish; especially : a parrot fish of the genus Scarus …

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  • 110parrot's-bill — noun see parrot s beak * * * /par euhts bil /, n. a showy, vinelike plant, Clianthus puniceus, of New Zealand, having clusters of eight white streaked, crimson flowers. Also called parrot beak /par euht beek /, red kowhai. [1865 70; presumably… …

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