Clues for the word "PARROT"
We've had 93 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 168 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on May 13, 2026.
Definition of parrot
- n. - In a general sense, any bird of the order Psittaci.
- n. - Any species of Psittacus, Chrysotis, Pionus, and other genera of the family Psittacidae, 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 (P. 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.
- v. t. - To repeat by rote, as a parrot.
- v. i. - To chatter like a parrot.
Referring Clues
- Repeat without thinking
- Feed back
- Cracker-requesting bird
- Copy
- Repeat
- Mimic
- Polly, who wants a cracker
- Mocking bird
- Ape
- Talker behind bars
- Imitate
- Talking bird
- Mimicking bird
- Quote by rote
- Pirate ship pet
- Repeat mindlessly
- Mimicry expert
- Mimicry expert
- Chatty bird
- Mimicry specialist
- Buccaneer's companion
- Macaw, e.g.
- Repeat verbatim
- Cockatoo, for one
- Buccaneer's bird
- Bird
- Buccaneer's pet
- Bird that imitates human speech
- Long John Silver's pet
- Pet shop squawker
- Repetitive bird
- Talking pet
- Imitator
- Pirate pal
- Cockatiel
- Stereotypical cracker requester
- Caged talker
- Echo
- Bright bird
- Imitative bird (6)
- Colorful, speech-mimicking exotic bird
- Repeat the usual piffle
- Talkative bird
- Repeat by rote
- Repeat thoughtlessly, or possibly in part
- Bird apt to get upset about some errors
- From the fish, back to the bird
- A repetitive pet
- Blindly repeat standard nonsense
- In a cage, it's upset, or put about a bit
- Brightly coloured bird that mimics speech
- Tropical bird noted for mimicking speech
- Copy section about redstart and duck
- Bird (that repeats?)
- Kakapo or cockatoo
- Cockatoo
- One never says anything original
- Avian raptor, perhaps?
- Repeat usual rubbish
- Character holding rook and duck - or another bird
- Pretty one may speak straight from the shoulder
- Last wife to back copy
- Repeat automatically
- Salmon got decapitated by bird
- Copycat who does not understand words or acts imitated
- Mimic arrives on board vessel
- See 27
- Unoriginal commenter's standard twaddle
- 8 sick repeat
- Polly can only tell you what she's heard
- It has a repetitive cry
- Bird arrives in vessel
- Polly, apt to be repetitive
- If you say it's pretty, will it snap back "Phooey"?
- Unthinkingly repeat standard nonsense
- Or making a comeback in the role of the flier
- To dad, it's never-ending nonsense you mindlessly repeat
- Pirate's pet
- Repeat mechanically
- Queen to back bird
- Macaw, say
- 9 owned by Flaubert, according to Julian Barnes
- Tropical bird
- Echo mindlessly
- Macaw
- Animal mimic?
- A birdie shows one's good at golf? Poppycock!
- Oscine : songbird :: psittacine : ___
- Bird that might talk
- Imitative bird
- Polly-syllabic pet?
- Caged copycat
- Pittsburgh Pirates mascot
Last Seen In
- New York Times - May 13, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - March 24, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - March 01, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 03, 2026
- Daily Quick - December 25, 2025
- Daily Quick - November 04, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 31, 2025
- LA Times - September 13, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 07, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 09, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - May 26, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 23, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 25, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - April 09, 2025
- Daily Quick - March 24, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - February 06, 2025
- Mirror Daily - January 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 17, 2024
- Mirror Daily - September 23, 2024
- Daily Quick - September 19, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 11, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - May 31, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 14, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 16, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 26, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - March 23, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - February 29, 2024
- New York Times - January 18, 2024
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