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.

Rest-harrow :: Rest-harrow (n.) A European leguminous plant (Ononis arvensis) with long, tough roots..

Sea Arrow :: Sea arrow () A squid of the genus Ommastrephes. See Squid.

Sea Barrow :: Sea barrow () A sea purse.

Sparrow :: Sparrow (n.) One of many species of small singing birds of the family Fringilligae, having conical bills, and feeding chiefly on seeds. Many sparrows are called also finches, and buntings. The common sparrow, or house sparrow, of Europe (Passer domesticus) is noted for its familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young, and its fecundity. See House sparrow, under House..

Sparrow :: Sparrow (n.) Any one of several small singing birds somewhat resembling the true sparrows in form or habits, as the European hedge sparrow. See under Hedge..

Sparrowgrass :: Sparrowgrass (n.) Asparagus.

Sparrowwort :: Sparrowwort (n.) An evergreen shrub of the genus Erica (E. passerina).

Squarrose :: Squarish (a.) Nearly square.

Squarrose :: Squarrose (a.) Ragged or full of lose scales or projecting parts; rough; jagge.

Squarrose :: Squarrose (a.) Consisting of scales widely divaricating; having scales, small leaves, or other bodies, spreading widely from the axis on which they are crowded; -- said of a calyx or stem..

Squarrose :: Squarrose (a.) Divided into shreds or jags, raised above the plane of the leaf, and not parallel to it; said of a leaf..

Squarroso-dentate :: Squarrose (a.) Having scales spreading every way, or standing upright, or at right angles to the surface; -- said of a shell..

Squarrous :: Squarroso-dentate (a.) Having the teeth bent out of the plane of the lamina; -- said of a leaf.

Suwarrow :: Sutured (a.) Having a suture or sutures; knit or united together.

Tarrock :: Tarrock (n.) The young of the kittiwake gull before the first molt.

Tarrock :: Tarrock (n.) The common guillemot.

Tarrock :: Tarrock (n.) The common tern.

Vaza Parrot :: Vaza parrot () Any one of several species of parrots of the genus Coracopsis, native of Madagascar; -- called also vasa parrot..

Water Sparrow :: Water sparrow () The reed warbler.

Water Sparrow :: Water sparrow () The reed bunting.

Wheelbarrow :: Wheelbarrow (n.) A light vehicle for conveying small loads. It has two handles and one wheel, and is rolled by a single person..

Yarrow :: Yarrow (n.) An American and European composite plant (Achillea Millefolium) with very finely dissected leaves and small white corymbed flowers. It has a strong, and somewhat aromatic, odor and taste, and is sometimes used in making beer, or is dried for smoking. Called also milfoil, and nosebleed..

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