budgereegah

9.9

A small Australian parrot often green in the wild and kept as a colorful pet

noun
/ˈbʌdʒəˌriːɡə/

Australian

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Wild budgereegahs can be seen in large flocks across the Australian outback.

Examples

The family decided to adopt a beautiful budgereegah as their new pet.
I saw a beautiful budgereegah at the pet store.
He spends hours each week caring for his colorful budgereegahs.
Many people keep budgereegahs as pets.
The family decided to adopt a beautiful budgereegah as their new pet.
He spends hours each week caring for his colorful budgereegahs.
Wild budgereegahs can be seen in large flocks across the Australian outback.

Synonyms

budgie

vsbudgereegah

3 3.8

A small parrot from Australia often kept as a pet

is the fuller, less informal term for the same species

budgerigar

vsbudgereegah

1 8.1

A small green parakeet from Australia often kept as a pet

is the more familiar common name used for the same pet bird

budgerygah

vsbudgereegah

Australian

9.9

A small parakeet from Australia often green and yellow that people keep as a pet

is the more common standard spelling for the same bird

grass parakeet

vsbudgereegah

Australian

6.6

A small Australian parrot often green with black and yellow markings

highlights the same bird as bred in many cage colors

shell parakeet

vsbudgereegah

Australian

6.0

A small Australian parrot often bright green with black and yellow spots that people keep as a colorful pet

focuses on the same species in its wild marked form

Melopsittacus undulatus

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Specialized

7.2

A small Australian parakeet often kept as a pet with bright feathers

is the everyday common name used instead of the Latin label

Surface Forms

budgereegah singular

budgereegahs plural

Etymology

Budgereegah likely comes from an Australian Aboriginal word like betcherrygah that early settlers heard, and one popular story says that word meant 'good to eat' or 'good bird'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of the common pet name 'budgie' or 'parakeet', because that is the small, colorful Australian bird the name now means.