Noun: grass parakeet 'grãs'per-u,keet [N. Amer], 'grãs,pa-ru'keet [Brit]
- Small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colours
"The grass parakeet, often called a budgie, is a popular pet bird";
- budgerigar, budgie, lovebird [Austral], shell parakeet, Melopsittacus undulatus
Derived forms: grass parakeets
Type of: parakeet, paroquet, parrakeet [non-standard], parroket, parroquet
Part of: genus Melopsittacus, Melopsittacus