"parrot" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

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
is a type of: ape, aper, copycat, emulator, imitator - someone who copies the words or behavior of another

Verb