SHELL PARAKEET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shell parakeet mean? 

• SHELL PARAKEET (noun)
  The noun SHELL PARAKEET 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: SHELL PARAKEET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHELL PARAKEET (noun)

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 ("shell parakeet" is a kind of...):

parakeet; paraquet; paroquet; parrakeet; parroket; parroquet (any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots)

Holonyms ("shell parakeet" is a member of...):

genus Melopsittacus; Melopsittacus (a genus of Psittacidae)