carolina parrot

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carolina parrot - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Parrot \Par"rot\ (p[a^]r"r[u^]t), n. [Prob. fr. F. Pierrot, dim.
     of Pierre Peter. F. pierrot is also the name of the sparrow.
     Cf. Paroquet, Petrel, Petrify.]
     1. (Zool.) In a general sense, any bird of the order
        Psittaci.
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     2. (Zool.) Any species of Psittacus, Chrysotis, Pionus,
        and other genera of the family Psittacid[ae], as
        distinguished from the parrakeets, macaws, and lories.
        They have a short rounded or even tail, and often a naked
        space on the cheeks. The gray parrot, or jako (Psittacus  erithacus
        ) of Africa (see Jako), and the species of
        Amazon, or green, parrots (Chrysotis) of America, are
        examples. Many species, as cage birds, readily learn to
        imitate sounds, and to repeat words and phrases.
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     Carolina parrot (Zool.), the Carolina parrakeet. See
        Parrakeet.
  
     Night parrot, or Owl parrot. (Zool.) See Kakapo.
  
     Parrot coal, cannel coal; -- so called from the crackling
        and chattering sound it makes in burning. [Eng. & Scot.]
        
  
     Parrot green. (Chem.) See Scheele's green, under Green,
        n.
  
     Parrot weed (Bot.), a suffrutescent plant (Bocconia  frutescens
        ) of the Poppy family, native of the warmer
        parts of America. It has very large, sinuate, pinnatifid
        leaves, and small, panicled, apetalous flowers.
  
     Parrot wrasse, Parrot fish (Zool.), any fish of the genus
        Scarus. One species (Scarus Cretensis), found in the
        Mediterranean, is esteemed by epicures, and was highly
        prized by the ancient Greeks and Romans.
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