parrot
— Noun
– English
~ a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated
parrot fever
— Noun
– English
~ an atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birds
parrot
— Noun
– English
~ usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds
parrot
— Verb
– English
~ repeat mindlessly; "The students parroted the teacher's words"
parrot's beak
— Noun
– English
~ evergreen shrub with scarlet to white clawlike or beaklike flowers; New Zealand
parrot's bill
— Noun
– English
~ evergreen shrub with scarlet to white clawlike or beaklike flowers; New Zealand
parrotfish
— Noun
– English
~ gaudy tropical fishes with parrotlike beaks formed by fusion of teeth
Parrotia
— Noun
– English
~ one species: iron tree
Parrotiopsis
— Noun
– English
~ one species: deciduous tree of the Himalaya Mountains
parrotlike
— Adjective
– English
~ mechanically imitated or repeated without thought or understanding; "a mere parrotlike word-calling process"; "a voice quality sounding parrotlike"
Parry manzanita
— Noun
– English
~ erect treelike shrub forming dense thickets and having drooping panicles of white or pink flowers and red berrylike drupes; California
parry
— Noun
– English
~ (fencing) blocking a lunge or deflecting it with a circular motion of the sword
parry
— Noun
– English
~ a return punch (especially by a boxer)
parry
— Verb
– English
~ impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball); "block an attack"
parry
— Verb
– English
~ avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
pars distilis
— Noun
– English
~ the anterior part of the anterior pituitary
pars nervosa
— Noun
– English
~ the posterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature
pars intermedia
— Noun
– English
~ a thin piece of tissue that has become part of the posterior pituitary
pars anterior
— Noun
– English
~ the anterior part of the anterior pituitary
parse
— Verb
– English
~ analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence)