Psittacine

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Relating to, resembling, or characteristic of parrots.
  • adj. Of or belonging to the family Psittacidae, which includes the parrots, macaws, and parakeets.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of or pertaining to parrots.
  • n. Any bird in the order Psittaciformes: a parrot.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Parrot-like; resembling or related to parrots; of or pertaining to the Psittaci or Psïttacidæ in any sense; psittacomorphic. Also psittacean, psittaceous, psittacid.
    • Word Usage
    "As we digest the probability that the House of Commons will vote to ratify the EU Constitution without a single shred of democratic legitimacy, even the Guardian, which can normally be relied upon to peddle the Party Line in as psittacine a manner as it can manage, has felt moved to object to the present undemocratic outrage being perpetrated by Labour."
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    Words with the same meaning
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