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parrots

parrots is the plural of parrot.

parrots is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

Proper noun capitalized: Parrots

Parrots

  1. (plural) plural of Parrot

Phrases with parrots

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Questions about parrots

What is parrots the plural of?
Parrots is the plural of parrot.
What part of speech is parrots?
Parrots is a proper noun.

Words near parrots in the dictionary

  1. parrotlike
  2. parrotling
  3. parrotlings
  4. parrotries
  5. parrotry
  6. parrots
  7. Parrott
  8. Parrott rifle
  9. Parrott rifles
  10. parrotted
  11. parrotwise

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