Canary vs. Parrot

Canarynoun

A small, usually yellow, finch (genus Serinus), a songbird native to the Canary Islands.

Canarynoun

Any of various small birds of different countries, most of which are largely yellow in colour.

Canarynoun

A light, slightly greenish, yellow colour.

Canarynoun

A light, sweet, white wine from the Canary Islands.

Canarynoun

A lively dance, possibly of Spanish origin (also called canaries).

Canarynoun

Any test subject, especially an inadvertent or unwilling one. (From the mining practice of using canaries to detect dangerous gases.)

Canarynoun

(computing) A value placed in memory such that it will be the first data corrupted by a buffer overflow, allowing the program to identify and recover from it.

Canarynoun

(informal) A female singer, soprano, a coloratura singer.

Canarynoun

(slang) An informer or snitch; a squealer.

Canarynoun

(slang) A (usually yellow) capsule of the short-acting barbiturate pentobarbital/pentobarbitone (Nembutal).

Canarynoun

A yellow sticker of unroadworthiness.

Canaryadjective

Of a light yellow colour.

Canaryverb

(intransitive) to dance nimbly (as in the canary dance)

Canaryverb

(slang) to inform or snitch, to betray secrets, especially about illegal activities.

Canaryadjective

Of or pertaining to the Canary Islands; as, canary wine; canary birds.

Canaryadjective

Of a pale yellowish color; as, Canary stone.

Canarynoun

Wine made in the Canary Islands; sack.

Canarynoun

A canary bird.

Canarynoun

A pale yellow color, like that of a canary bird.

Canarynoun

A quick and lively dance.

Canaryverb

To perform the canary dance; to move nimbly; to caper.

Canarynoun

someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police

Canarynoun

a female singer

Canarynoun

a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge

Canarynoun

any of several small Old World finches

Canaryadjective

having the color of a canary; a light to moderate yellow

Parrotnoun

A kind of bird, many species of which are colourful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae.

Parrotnoun

A parroter; a person who repeats the words or ideas of others.

Parrotnoun

(archaic) A puffin.

Parrotnoun

Channel coal.

Parrotverb

(transitive) To repeat (exactly what has just been said) without necessarily showing understanding, in the manner of a parrot.

Parrotnoun

In a general sense, any bird of the order Psittaci.

Parrotnoun

Any species of Psittacus, Chrysotis, Pionus, and other genera of the family Psittacidæ, 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.

Parrotverb

To repeat by rote, without understanding, as a parrot.

Parrotverb

To chatter like a parrot.

Parrotnoun

usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds

Parrotnoun

a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated

Parrotverb

repeat mindlessly;

Parrot

Parrots, also known as psittacines , are birds of the roughly 398 species in 92 genera comprising the order Psittaciformes , found mostly in tropical and subtropical regions. The order is subdivided into three superfamilies: the Psittacoidea ( parrots), the Cacatuoidea (cockatoos), and the Strigopoidea (New Zealand parrots).