Pigeon vs. Parrot — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Pigeon and Parrot
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Pigeon
A stout seed- or fruit-eating bird with a small head, short legs, and a cooing voice, typically having grey and white plumage.
Parrot
Parrots, also known as psittacines , are birds of the roughly 398 species in 92 genera comprising the order Psittaciformes , found mostly in tropical and subtropical regions. The order is subdivided into three superfamilies: the Psittacoidea ("true" parrots), the Cacatuoidea (cockatoos), and the Strigopoidea (New Zealand parrots).
Pigeon
A gullible person, especially someone swindled in gambling or the victim of a confidence trick.
Parrot
Any of numerous primarily tropical and subtropical birds of the order Psittaciformes, characterized by a short hooked bill, brightly colored plumage, and, in some species, the ability to mimic human speech or other sounds.
Pigeon
An aircraft from one's own side.
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Parrot
One who imitates the words or actions of another, especially without understanding them.
Pigeon
Archaic spelling of pidgin
Parrot
To repeat or imitate, especially without understanding.
Pigeon
A person's particular responsibility or business
Hermia will have to tell them first, it's her pigeon
Parrot
A kind of bird, many species of which are colorful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae.
I bought a wonderful parrot at the pet store.
Pigeon
Any of various birds of the widely distributed family Columbidae, characteristically having plump bodies, small heads, and short legs, especially the rock pigeon or any of its domesticated varieties.
Parrot
A parroter; a person who repeats the words or ideas of others.
What kind of a parrot are you? He just said that.
Pigeon
(Slang) One who is easily swindled; a dupe.
Parrot
(archaic) A puffin.
Pigeon
An object of special concern; an affair or matter.
Parrot
Channel coal.
Pigeon
One of several birds of the family Columbidae, which consists of more than 300 species.
Parrot
A transponder.
Pigeon
(uncountable) The meat from this bird.
Parrot
(transitive) To repeat (exactly what has just been said) without necessarily showing understanding, in the manner of a parrot.
The interviewee merely parroted the views of her tabloid.
Pigeon
A person who is a target or victim of a confidence game.
Parrot
In a general sense, any bird of the order Psittaci.
Pigeon
A pacifist, appeaser, an isolationist, a dove.
Parrot
Any species of Psittacus, Chrysotis, Pionus, and other genera of the family Psittacidæ, 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 (Psittacus 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.
Pigeon
A person hired to transport film footage out of a region where transport options are limited.
Parrot
To repeat by rote, without understanding, as a parrot.
Pigeon
A weak or useless person.
Parrot
To chatter like a parrot.
Pigeon
Concern or responsibility.
It's his/her pigeon.
Parrot
Usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds
Pigeon
(transitive) To deceive with a confidence game.
Parrot
A copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated
Pigeon
Any bird of the order Columbæ, of which numerous species occur in nearly all parts of the world.
Parrot
Repeat mindlessly;
The students parroted the teacher's words
Pigeon
An unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull.
Pigeon
To pluck; to fleece; to swindle by tricks in gambling.
He's pigeoned and undone.
Pigeon
Wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs
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