1. Usually brightly coloured zygodactyl tropical bird with short hooked beak and the ability to mimic sounds
   "The parrot repeated the phrase it had learned"
    
2. A copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated
   "He was just a parrot, repeating the boss's words without comprehension"

1. Repeat mindlessly
   "The students parroted the teacher's words"

Derived forms: parroted, parrots, parroting

Type of: ape, aper [archaic], bird, birdie [informal], copycat, echo, emulator, imitator, repeat

Part of: order Psittaciformes, Psittaciformes

Encyclopedia: Parrot, Kentucky