Parakeet vs. Parrot

Parakeetnoun

A member of any of the various species of small parrots usually bred in Australia and Africa.

Parakeetnoun

Same as Parrakeet.

Parakeetnoun

any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots

Parakeetnoun

a small parrot with predominantly green plumage and a long tail.

Parakeet

A parakeet is any one of many small to medium-sized species of parrot, in multiple genera, that generally have long tail feathers. Older spellings still sometimes encountered are paroquet or paraquet.

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).