rosella
/rəʊˈzelə/noun
1
- an Australian parakeet with vivid green, red, yellow, or blue plumage玫瑰鹦鹉。
1.1
- Genus Platycercus, family Psittacidae: several species.玫瑰鹦鹉属, 鹦鹉科：数种。
2
- Austral. a sheep which is losing its wool (and said to resemble a rosella parakeet which has lost some of its feathers) and is therefore easy to shear〈澳〉部分脱毛的绵羊。
词源
mid 19th cent.: alteration of Rosehill, New South Wales, where the bird was first found.