parrot

1. Usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds (synset 101819528)
   is a type of: bird - warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
   subtypes:

   • popinjay - an archaic term for a parrot
   • poll, poll parrot - a tame parrot
   • african gray, african grey, psittacus erithacus - commonly domesticated grey parrot with red-and-black tail and white face; native to equatorial Africa
   • amazon - mainly green tropical American parrots
   • macaw - long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central America and South America; among the largest and showiest of parrots
   • kea, nestor notabilis - large brownish-green New Zealand parrot
   • cockatoo - white or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds
   • cockateel, cockatiel, cockatoo parrot, nymphicus hollandicus - small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head
   • lovebird - small African parrot noted for showing affection for their mates
   • lory - small brightly colored Australasian parrots having a brush-tipped tongue for feeding on nectar and soft fruits
   • parakeet, paraquet, paroquet, parrakeet, parroket, parroquet - any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots
   belongs to: order psittaciformes, psittaciformes - an order of birds including parrots and amazons and cockatoos and lorikeets and lories and macaws and parakeets
2. A copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated (synset 110421030)
   is a type of: ape, aper, copycat, emulator, imitator - someone who copies the words or behavior of another

1. Repeat mindlessly (synset 200960206)
   "The students parroted the teacher's words"
   is a type of: echo, repeat - to say again or imitate

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