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Noun: budgerigar  'bú-ju-ree,gaa(r)
  1. 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