A small parrot or parakeet, especially in French or French-influenced naming systems.
From French chatot, likely derived from 'chat' (cat) plus a diminutive suffix, though the connection to 'cat' is unclear. It may reference the bird's quick, catlike movements or chattering sounds.
French has tons of diminutive animal names that are almost impossible to trace—chatot is one where linguists shrug because the etymology got tangled in centuries of folk naming. Sometimes language history just remains delightfully mysterious.
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