Word Study
budgerigar
CIDE DICTIONARY
budgerigar, n.
small Australian parakeet (Melopsittacus undulatus ) usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
budgerigar, n. a small green parrot, Melopsittacus undulatus, native to Australia, and bred in coloured varieties which are often kept as cage-birds.
Etymology
Aboriginal, = good cockatoo
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