rosella

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ro=sel=la

CIDE DICTIONARY

rosella, n. [NL., dim. of L. rosa rose.].

 A beautiful Australian parrakeet (Platycercus eximius) often kept as a cage bird. The head and back of the neck are scarlet, the throat is white, the back dark green varied with lighter green, and the breast yellow.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

rosella, n.
1 any brightly coloured Australian parakeet of the genus Platycercus.
2 Austral. an easily-shorn sheep.

Etymology

corrupt. of Rosehill, NSW, where the bird was first found