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- a bird, often vividly coloured, with a short downcurved hooked bill, grasping feet, and a raucous voice, found especially in the tropics and feeding on fruits and seeds. Many are popular as cage birds, and some are able to mimic the human voice.鹦鹉。
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- Order Psittaciformes: numerous species, sometimes all placed in the family Psittacidae. The order also contains the cockatoos, lories, lovebirds, macaws, conures, and budgerigar.鹦形目：众多种, 有时都归在鹦鹉科内。该目也包括凤头鹦鹉, 鹦鹉, 牡丹鹦鹉, 金刚鹦鹉, 鹦哥及虎皮鹦鹉。
parroted, parroting
with obj. repeat mechanically机械地重复：encouraging students to parrot back information.
鼓励学生复述信息。
词源
early 16th cent.: probably from dialect French perrot, diminutive of the male given name Pierre 'Peter'. Compare with PARAKEET.