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any of several Australian parakeets, esp. the budgerigar.[1830-40]
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grass parakeet
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grass parakeet — noun small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors • Syn: ↑budgerigar, ↑budgereegah, ↑budgerygah, ↑budgie, ↑lovebird, ↑shell parakeet, ↑Melopsittacus undulatus … Useful english dictionary
grass parakeet — noun Austral. a small parrot frequenting grassy country. [Psephotus, Neophema, and other genera.] … English new terms dictionary
Parakeet — A parakeet is a North American term for any one of a large number of unrelated small to medium sized parrot species, that generally have long tail feathers. The term is descriptive, but does not imply an actual relationship between the different… … Wikipedia
grass — n. & v. n. 1 a vegetation belonging to a group of small plants with green blades that are eaten by cattle, horses, sheep, etc. b any species of this. c any plant of the family Gramineae, which includes cereals, reeds, and bamboos. 2 pasture land … Useful english dictionary
Grass — n. & v. n. 1 a vegetation belonging to a group of small plants with green blades that are eaten by cattle, horses, sheep, etc. b any species of this. c any plant of the family Gramineae, which includes cereals, reeds, and bamboos. 2 pasture land … Useful english dictionary
shell parakeet — noun small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors • Syn: ↑budgerigar, ↑budgereegah, ↑budgerygah, ↑budgie, ↑grass parakeet, ↑lovebird, ↑Melopsittacus undulatus … Useful english dictionary
Antipodes Parakeet — A parakeet in Wellington Zoo s breeding program Conservation status … Wikipedia
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Austral Parakeet — Taxobox status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 name = Austral Conure caption = Austral Parakeet regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Psittaciformes familia = Psittacidae genus = Enicognathus species = E. ferrugineus binomial… … Wikipedia
Budgerigar — Male at Cologne Zoo, Germany Conservation status … Wikipedia
