Caparro :: Caparro (n.) A large South American monkey (Lagothrix Humboldtii), with prehensile tail..

Chaparral :: Chaparral (n.) A thicket of low evergreen oaks.

Chaparral :: Chaparral (n.) An almost impenetrable thicket or succession of thickets of thorny shrubs and brambles.

Parr :: Parr (n.) A young salmon in the stage when it has dark transverse bands; -- called also samlet, skegger, and fingerling..

Parr :: Parr (n.) A young leveret.

Parrakeet :: Parrakeet (n.) Alt. of Parakee.

Parral :: Parral (n.) Alt. of Parre.

Parraqua :: Parraqua (n.) A curassow of the genus Ortalida, allied to the guan..

Parrel :: Parrel (n.) The rope or collar by which a yard or spar is held to the mast in such a way that it may be hoisted or lowered at pleasure.

Parrel :: Parrel (n.) A chimney-piece.

Parrhesia :: Parrhesia (n.) Boldness or freedom of speech.

Parricidal :: Parricidal (a.) Of or pertaining to parricide; guilty of parricide.

Parricide :: Parricide (n.) Properly, one who murders one's own father; in a wider sense, one who murders one's father or mother or any ancestor..

Parricide :: Parricide (n.) The act or crime of murdering one's own father or any ancestor.

Parricidious :: Parricidious (a.) Parricidal.

Parried :: Parried (imp. & p. p.) of Parr.

Parries :: Parries (pl. ) of Parr.

Parrock :: Parrock (n.) A croft, or small field; a paddock..

Parrot :: Parrot (n.) In a general sense, any bird of the order Psittaci..

Parrot :: Parrot (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..

Parrot :: Parrot (v. t.) To repeat by rote, as a parrot..

Parrot :: Parrot (v. i.) To chatter like a parrot.

Parrot''s-bill :: Parrot's-bill (n.) The glory pea. See under Glory.

Parroter :: Parroter (n.) One who simply repeats what he has heard.

Parrotry :: Parrotry (n.) Servile imitation or repetition.

Parry :: Parry (v. t.) To ward off; to stop, or to turn aside; as, to parry a thrust, a blow, or anything that means or threatens harm..

Parry :: Parry (v. t.) To avoid; to shift or put off; to evade.

Parry :: Parry (v. i.) To ward off, evade, or turn aside something, as a blow, argument, etc..

Parry :: Parry (n.) A warding off of a thrust or blow, as in sword and bayonet exercises or in boxing; hence, figuratively, a defensive movement in debate or other intellectual encounter..

Parrying :: Parrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Parr.

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