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budgerigar definition

budg·eri·gar (buj′ər i gär′)

noun

an Australian parakeet (Melopsittacus undulatus) having a greenish-yellow body, marked with bright blue on the cheeks and tail feathers, and wings striped with brown

Etymology: native name

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budgerigar Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • color: Today, we have a beautiful garden, which incorporates an aviary filled with budgerigars of all different colors.

Converse of object

  • breed: Even then, you can only reasonably expect to breed budgerigars equal to the average quality of the stud from which you buy.

Adjective modifier

  • good: What cannot be taught is that natural eye for a good budgerigar.

Modifies a noun

  • breeder: In the case of the color genes of interest to budgerigar breeders, the effects of most single color influencing genes is dramatic.

Noun used with modifier

  • exhibition: In 1980/81, I had the pleasure of painting a new standard for the exhibition budgerigar, which is still in use today.
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