Parrot-like

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of parrotlike. alt-of, alternative

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"The famous white-sand beaches of Hawaii, for example, actually come from the poop of parrotfish. The fish bite and scrape algae off of rocks and dead corals with their parrot-like beaks, grind up the inedible calcium-carbonate reef material (made mostly of coral skeletons) in their guts, and then excrete it as sand."

Etymology

From parrot + -like.

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