budgerigar (redirected from budgerigar fledgling disease)

budg·er·i·gar  (bj-r-gär, bj-r-)

n.

A parakeet (Melopsittacus undulatus) native to Australia and having green, yellow, or blue plumage. It is a popular cage bird bred in a variety of colors not found in wild populations. Also called shell parakeet.

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[Probably alteration of Kamilaroi (Aboriginal language of southeast Australia) gijirrigaa.]

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budgerigar

Noun

a small cage bird bred in many different-coloured varieties [Aboriginal]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

budgerigar - small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors budgereegah, budgerygah, budgie, grass parakeet, lovebird, Melopsittacus undulatus, shell parakeet parakeet, paraquet, paroquet, parrakeet, parroket, parroquet - any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots genus Melopsittacus, Melopsittacus - a genus of Psittacidae

Translations

budgerigar [ˈbʌdʒərɪgɑːʳ] n → periquito

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budgerigar [ˈbʌdʒərɪgɑːʳ] n → perruche f

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budgerigar [ˈbʌdʒərɪgɑːʳ] n → Wellensittich m

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budgerigar [ˈbʌdʒərɪgɑːʳ] n → pappagallino

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budgerigar

abbr budgerigar [ˈbadʒərigaː]

a type of small (originally Australian) brightly-coloured bird, often kept as a pet.