rosella

rosella

(rəʊˈzɛlə)
n
(Animals) any of various Australian parrots of the genus Platycercus, such as P. elegans (crimson rosella), often kept as cage birds
[C19: probably alteration of Rose-hiller, after Rose Hill, Parramatta, near Sydney]
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