budgerigar
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of budgerigar
First recorded in 1840–50; perhaps misrepresentation of Kamilaroi or Yuwaalaraay (an Australian Aboriginal language of northern New South Wales) gijirrigā (perhaps gijirr “yellow” or “small” + gā “head”)
Vocabulary lists containing budgerigar
Example Sentences
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And this book about “million-dollar babies” has a lot of million-dollar words: etiolated, accidie, budgerigar.
From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2022
He perches on a kitchen chair like a budgerigar in its cage.
From The Guardian • Dec. 5, 2010
A caged budgerigar chirps beneath Rembrandt's The Cradle.
From Time Magazine Archive
They are, of course, of the parrot family, but their correct name is shell parakeet or budgerigar .
From Time Magazine Archive
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