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parrot-like

parrot-like is the alternative form of parrotlike.

Meaning of parrotlike

Adjective

parrotlike (comparative more parrotlike, superlative most parrotlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a parrot.
    • A jarring parrotlike voice assaulted me from the racks of leggings.2007 December 2, Kelly Valen, “My Sorority Pledge? I Swore Off Sisterhood”, in New York Times

Forms of parrot-like

comparativemore parrot-like
superlativemost parrot-like

Origin of parrot-like

From parrot + -like.

Questions about parrot-like

What is parrot-like the alternative form of?
Parrot-like is the alternative form of parrotlike.

Words near parrot-like in the dictionary

  1. parrot's bill
  2. parrot's-feather
  3. parrot-fashion
  4. parrot-fish
  5. parrot-fishes
  6. parrot-like
  7. parrot-toed
  8. parrotbill
  9. parrotbills
  10. parroted
  11. parroter

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