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- noun Plural form of
parrot . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
parrot .
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Examples
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Just like those poor parrots from the amazon that cant stand being in a cage and lose their feathers ...
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Just like those poor parrots from the amazon that cant stand being in a cage and lose their feathers ...
The Bald Bear 2009
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Okay I have to make this announcement, we will only be accepting the most vile and hate spewing metaphorists and pundit parrots from the riigh wing blathersphere.
Think Progress » Pentagon Approves $11 Billion Contract For Useless Weapons System 2006
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And one random shot of parrots from the St. Louis Zoo, because everybody needs some parrot pictures in their lives.
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The activity of smuggling and selling parrots is illegal and people end up in jail.
Amazon Parrot 2004
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They are what people at home call parrots and parakeets. "
The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise George Manville Fenn 1870
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By one of the parrots was a cat made of crockery, and a crockery dog by the other; and when you pressed down on them they squeaked, but didn't open their mouths nor look different nor interested.
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By one of the parrots was a cat made of crockery, and a crockery dog by the other; and when you pressed down on them they squeaked, but didn't open their mouths nor look different nor interested.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain 1872
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By one of the parrots was a cat made of crockery, and a crockery dog by the other; and when you pressed down on them they squeaked, but didn't open their mouths nor look different nor interested.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 16 to 20 Mark Twain 1872
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The parrots are the most striking example, but we have also a group of green pigeons in the East; and the barbets, leaf-thrushes, bee-eaters, white-eyes, turacos, and several smaller groups, have so much green in their plumage as to tend greatly to conceal them among the foliage.
Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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