budgerigar
noun
bud·ger·i·gar
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Definition of budgerigar
: a small Australian parrot (Melopsittacus undulatus) usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred under domestication in many colors
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Indeed, these plant lovers have the same emotional connection to flora that the Young and the Houseless used to have to fauna like beagles, Siamese cats, budgerigars and, in certain highly unusual cases, Rottweilers. — Joe Queenan, WSJ, "The Dark Secrets of America’s Millennial Plant Lovers," 26 July 2018 Meanwhile, Yoshimasa Seki of the Brain Science Institute in Japan and his team successfully trained budgerigars (parakeets) to peck an LED in time to a wide range of tempos. — Quanta Magazine, "The Beasts That Keep the Beat," 22 Mar. 2016 Meanwhile, Yoshimasa Seki of the Brain Science Institute in Japan and his team successfully trained budgerigars (parakeets) to peck an LED in time to a wide range of tempos. — Quanta Magazine, "The Beasts That Keep the Beat," 22 Mar. 2016 Indeed, these plant lovers have the same emotional connection to flora that the Young and the Houseless used to have to fauna like beagles, Siamese cats, budgerigars and, in certain highly unusual cases, Rottweilers. — Joe Queenan, WSJ, "The Dark Secrets of America’s Millennial Plant Lovers," 26 July 2018 Outback pools draw immense swarms of parakeets called budgerigars. — John Pickrell, Science | AAAS, "Australia to ax support for long-term ecology sites," 11 Aug. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'budgerigar.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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budgerigar
noun
English Language Learners Definition of budgerigar
: a small, usually light green and yellow bird that is often kept as a pet
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