Noun: budgerigar 'bú-ju-ree,gaa(r)
- Small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colours
"The budgerigar, often called a budgie, is a popular pet bird";
- budgie, grass parakeet, lovebird [Austral], shell parakeet, Melopsittacus undulatus
Derived forms: budgerigars
Type of: parakeet, paroquet, parrakeet [non-standard], parroket, parroquet
Part of: genus Melopsittacus, Melopsittacus
Encyclopedia: Budgerigar