budgerigar

«budgerigar» in Mova's school dictionary: A small, long-tailed parrot from Australia, usually green… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a budgerigar, budgerigars; budgie — informal)

meaning for a pupil

A small, long-tailed parrot from Australia, usually green and yellow in the wild, kept as a pet in many colours; usually called a budgie. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life budgies are popular pets that chirp, can learn to copy words and live in cages with mirrors and bells. In science lessons on Australian animals wild budgerigars fly in huge flocks over the dry inland. Pet-care lessons cover feeding them seeds and keeping them company. Phrases: pet budgie, budgie cage.

examples

• My nan has a blue budgerigar called Joey. tree →
• Our budgie can say "Hello, pretty bird!" tree →
• Wild budgerigars live in big flocks in Australia. tree →
• Budgies like to look at themselves in a mirror. tree →
• Clean the budgie's cage every week. tree →
• Budgerigars are a kind of small parrot. tree →

note

Countable: a budgerigar, budgerigars. Informal and much more common: budgie, budgies. The word comes from an Aboriginal Australian language. Pronounced BUJ-er-ee-gar.

Trees and pragmatics

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