budgerigar

UK/ˈbʌd͡ʒəɹiˌɡɑː/US/ˈbʌd͡ʒəɹiˌɡɑɹ/

nounB2Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechleans written

Other forms: budgerigars

A budgerigar is a small green or blue parrot popular as a pet. Keep a budgerigar.

The wild bird is green and every other colour was bred in captivity. A budgerigar can be taught to say a great many words, and one held a record of over seventeen hundred.

Definitions of budgerigar

1nounbudgerigarA small green or blue parrot popular as a pet.B2
“The budgerigar lived eleven years and said four words.”

budgerigar is a bird.

Also accepted in games: budgie

Where it comes from

Probably from an Australian Aboriginal word, with the first syllable unexplained.

kld
gijirrigaa
English, today
budgerigar

Possibly an alteration of kld gijirrigaa; change of initial syllable unexplained though possibly from Aboriginal Pidgin English budgeree.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Birds

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budgerigar in the wild

The budgerigar, also known as the common parakeet, shell parakeet or budgie ( BUJ-ee), is a small, long-tailed, seed-eating parrot native to Australia.
Budgerigar
The budgerigar is closely related to lories and the fig parrots.
Budgerigar
The science of budgerigar colour genetics deals with the heredity of mutations which cause colour variation in the feathers of the species known scientifically as Melopsittacus undulatus.
Budgerigar colour genetics
Birds of this species are commonly known by the terms "budgerigar" or "parakeet".
Budgerigar colour genetics
The Recessive Pied budgerigar mutation is one of approximately 30 mutations affecting the colour of budgerigars.
Recessive Pied budgerigar mutation

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