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parrat

parrat is the obsolete spelling of parrot.

Meaning of parrot

Noun

parrot (plural parrots)

  1. A kind of bird, many species of which are colorful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae.
    • I bought a wonderful parrot at the pet store.
    Synonyms:
    psittacine, popinjay
  2. (figuratively) A parroter; a person who repeats the words or ideas of others.
    • What kind of a parrot are you? He just said that.
    Synonyms:
    copycat, mimic
  3. (archaic) A puffin.
    Synonyms:
    sea-parrot, tomnoddy
  4. (obsolete) channel coal.
  5. (slang) A transponder.

See all 7 meanings of parrot

Forms of parrat

pluralparrats

Questions about parrat

What is parrat the obsolete spelling of?
Parrat is the obsolete spelling of parrot.

Words near parrat in the dictionary

  1. Parramores
  2. parranda
  3. parraqua
  4. parraquas
  5. Parras
  6. parrat
  7. Parrato
  8. parrats
  9. Parratt
  10. Parratto
  11. Parrau

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