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BUDGERYGAH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does budgerygah mean?
• BUDGERYGAH (noun)
The noun BUDGERYGAH has 1 sense:
1. small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors
Familiarity information: BUDGERYGAH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
budgereegah; budgerigar; budgerygah; budgie; grass parakeet; lovebird; Melopsittacus undulatus; shell parakeet
Hypernyms ("budgerygah" is a kind of...):
parakeet; paraquet; paroquet; parrakeet; parroket; parroquet (any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots)
Holonyms ("budgerygah" is a member of...):
genus Melopsittacus; Melopsittacus (a genus of Psittacidae)
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