Parrot
91parrot-fashion — also parrot fashion ADV: ADV after v If you learn or repeat something parrot fashion, you do it accurately but without really understanding what it means. [BRIT] Under the old system pupils often had to stand to attention and repeat lessons… …
92parrot fish — /ˈpærət fɪʃ/ (say paruht fish) noun (plural parrot fish or parrot fishes) any of various marine fishes so called because of their colouring or the shape of their jaws, mainly tropical, mostly of the family Scaridae, and certain species of the… …
93parrot fish — noun : any of numerous marine percoid fish having the teeth in each jaw fused into a cutting plate or parrotlike beak: a. : a fish of the family Scaridae b. : any of various wrasses c. : a fish of the family Oplegnathidae called also false parrot …
94parrot's-beak — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun or parrot s bill ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷; or parrotbeak ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ (plural parrot s beaks or parrot s bills or parrotbeaks) Etymology …
95parrot's-feather — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun or parrot feather (plural parrot s feathers or parrot feathers) : water milfoil; especially : a New World plant (Myriophyllum brasiliense) that has trailing stems, feathery pinnately dissected leaves, and minute flowers… …
96parrot-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./ …
97parrot-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./ …
98Parrot-billed Sparrow — Taxobox name = Parrot billed Sparrow status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Passeridae genus = Passer species = P. gongonensis binomial = Passer gongonensis binomial …
99Parrot-billed Seedeater — Taxobox name = Parrot billed Seedeater status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Thraupidae genus = Sporophila species = S. peruviana binomial = Sporophila peruviana… …
100parrot-fashion — adverb In the manner of a parrot; with thoughtless repetition of what others have said. He failed the tests because he could only recite the lessons parrot fashion …
