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# parrot

«parrot» in Mova's school dictionary: **a bird with bright colours and a curved beak** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (parrot, parrots); verb (parrot, parrots, parroted, parroting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A parrot is a bird with bright colours and a curved beak. Some parrots can copy words and sounds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parrot/#m1)

2) To parrot is to repeat someone's words without understanding them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parrot/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a bird counted; 2 legs each in leg-counting problems; bought at a price; cages × parrots per cage. In science: parrots live in warm forests, eat seeds and fruit and can live for many years. In stories: a pirate's parrot that talks. Phrases: talk like a parrot, parrot fashion (learning by repeating only).

### examples

- The pet shop has 6 parrots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parrot/#x1)
- A parrot costs 50 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parrot/#x2)
- How many legs do 4 parrots have? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parrot/#x3)
- The zoo has 3 cages with 5 parrots each. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parrot/#x4)
- The parrot said «Hello!» when we came in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parrot/#x5)
- The pirate had a green parrot on his shoulder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parrot/#x6)
- Parrots crack nuts with their strong beaks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parrot/#x7)
- Learning facts parrot fashion does not help you understand them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parrot/#x8)
- "Give me my parrot!" cried Punchkin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parrot/#x9)

### note

Countable: a parrot, parrots. A counted animal with 2 legs. Trap: in mixed groups with 4-legged animals, count legs per kind. Myth: parrots do not understand most of the words they copy.

### In the corpora

- [Swans, many parrots and albatrosses keep the same partner for years, and some albatross pairs stay together for 50 years or more.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/93-the-aviary-the-walk-through-tropical-house/11/)
- [Parrots and toucans have two toes pointing forward and two pointing back, while most perching birds have three forward and one back.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/93-the-aviary-the-walk-through-tropical-house/17/)
- [A grey parrot called Alex learned to name colours, shapes and numbers in experiments with Irene Pepperberg.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/159-the-congo-rainforest/13/)
- [Big parrots such as macaws and cockatoos can live over sixty years, so a pet parrot may outlive its owner.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/187-record-breakers-the-loudest-and-the-longest-lived/12/)
- [Foxes are clever, but crows, ravens and parrots solve puzzles that need several steps; cartoon personalities are made up.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/191-myths-and-cartoons-put-right/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «parrot» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parrot/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.