parr

‖n. (Zool.) A curassow of the genus Ortalida, allied to the guan. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. appareil. See Apparel, n. ] 1. (Naut.) 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. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A chimney-piece. Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;; para` beside, beyond + &unr_; a speaking. ] (Rhet.) Boldness or freedom of speech. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. parricidalis, parricidialis. See Parricide. ] Of or pertaining to parricide; guilty of parricide. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. parricida; pater father + caedere to kill. See Father, Homicide, and cf. Patricide. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Properly, one who murders one's own father; in a wider sense, one who murders one's father or mother or any ancestor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ L. parricidium. ] The act or crime of murdering one's own father or any ancestor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Parricidal. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. pearruc, pearroc. See Park. ] A croft, or small field; a paddock. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. fr. F. Pierrot, dim. of Pierre Peter. F. pierrot is also the name of the sparrow. Cf. Paroquet, Petrel, Petrify. ] 1. (Zool.) In a general sense, any bird of the order Psittaci. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Carolina parrot (Zool.), the Carolina parrakeet. See Parrakeet. --
Night parrot, or
Owl parrot. (Zool.) See Kakapo. --
Parrot coal, cannel coal; -- so called from the crackling and chattering sound it makes in burning. [ Eng. & Scot. ] --
Parrot green. (Chem.) See Scheele's green, under Green, n. --
Parrot weed (Bot.), a suffrutescent plant (Bocconia frutescens) of the Poppy family, native of the warmer parts of America. It has very large, sinuate, pinnatifid leaves, and small, panicled, apetalous flowers. --
Parrot wrasse,
Parrot fish (Zool.), any fish of the genus Scarus. One species (Scarus Cretensis), found in the Mediterranean, is esteemed by epicures, and was highly prized by the ancient Greeks and Romans. [ 1913 Webster ]