Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
PARROT
I. noun
Etymology: probably modification of Middle French perroquet
Date: circa 1525
any of numerous widely distributed tropical birds (order Psittaciformes and especially family Psittacidae) that are often crested and brightly colored, have a distinctive stout hooked bill and zygodactyl feet, and include some excellent mimics, a person who sedulously echoes another's words, parrot adjective
II. transitive verb
Date: 1596
to repeat by rote