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budgie Definition


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budgerigar
budgie
noun
    1. A small Australian parrot which has a yellow head with a blue patch on each cheek, bright-green underparts, a greyish-green back with black and yellow barred markings, and a long tapering blue tail.
    2. Any of numerous varieties of this bird produced by selective breeding, which are popular cagebirds.
Etymology: 19c: from Australian Aboriginal gijirrigaa.





budgie
noun
    budgies
    1. colloq
      A budgerigar.


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