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parrot any of a group of birds in the family Psittacidae which also includes cockatoos and lories. All are characterized by curved beaks with the lower one fitting inside the larger upper beak when they are closed. The typical parrots are the macaws, parakeets, lovebirds and budgerigars. They are characterized by their bright plumage, their gift of mimicry and their popularity as pets. parrot fever see psittacosis. parrot mouth serious malocclusion of the incisors with the upper arcade protruding beyond the lower. Called also overshot. See also brachygnathia. parrot pox see parrotpox. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Using the large Subaru telescope atop Hawaii's Mauna Kea, researchers recorded a galaxy as it appeared just 780 million years after the Big Bang. Pepperdine ace Kea Kometani pitched seven innings, allowing two earned runs and five strikeouts and Gonzaga's (24-14, 11-4) Josh Monroe threw eight with two earned runs and four strikeouts. In collaboration with the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center on June 2, 2001, NIST successfully deployed a new type of superconducting detector at the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory at the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii. |
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