budgerigar
/ˈbʌdʒərɪgɑː(r)/noun
1- a small gregarious Australian parakeet which is green with a yellow head in the wild. It is popular as a cage bird and has been bred in a variety of colours.虎皮鹦鹉。
1.1
- Melopsittacus undulatus, family Psittacidae.拉丁名Melopsittacus undulatus, 鹦鹉科。
词源
mid 19th cent.: of Aboriginal origin， perhaps an alteration of Kamilaroi gijirrigaa (also in related languages).