budgerygah
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Definition
Noun: 1. A small Australian parakeet: A small, brightly colored parrot native to Australia. In the wild, its plumage is typically light green with distinctive black and yellow markings on the head and wings. It is a popular cage bird worldwide and has been selectively bred to produce a wide variety of color mutations, including blue, yellow, white, and grey.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- A flock of budgerygahs was feeding on grass seeds near the billabong.
- The budgerygah is known for its ability to mimic human speech.
- She has a lovely blue budgerygah in a large cage.
Advanced Usage
- The word budgerygah is an anglicization of an Aboriginal Australian name for the bird. In modern common usage, especially outside of Australia, the bird is almost universally known by its shortened, colloquial name, "budgie."
Variants and Related Words
- Budgie (noun): The common, shortened, and colloquial name for the budgerygah. This is the term most frequently used in everyday English.
- I'm going to the pet store to buy food for my budgie.
- Budgerigar (noun): The full, formal, and standard English name for the bird, derived from "budgerygah."
- The scientific name for the common pet parakeet is Melopsittacus undulatus, commonly called the budgerigar.
Synonyms
- Parakeet: A general term for small to medium-sized parrots with long tail feathers, which includes the budgerygah.
- Shell parakeet: An older, less common name for the budgerygah, referring to the scalloped, shell-like pattern of its wing markings.
Related Idioms and Phrases
(This specific bird name is not commonly used in idiomatic English expressions. Idioms would typically use the common name "budgie.")
Noun
- small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors