budgerigar

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bud·ge·ri·gar /ˈbʌdʒərɪɡɑː $ -ɡɑːr/ noun [countable] British English formal  HBPDHPa budgie 虎皮鹦鹉

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budgerigar• She must get a cat or a budgerigar, or even a goldfish.• This low level pixel oriented approach obviously makes sense for complex images with no formal structure, such as budgerigars.• A niece of Miss Vine's bought her a new budgerigar.• A pet budgerigar, lost half-a-mile from its home, was returned to its owner.• They made their way to the kitchen, where Miss Vine was sitting on a chair beside the budgerigar cage.• She opened the gate of Number 10, the terraced house of Miss Vine, whose budgerigar was unwell.Origin budgerigar (1800-1900) Australian Aboriginal gijrigaa

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a Corpus budgie

budgerigar
bud‧ge‧ri‧gar /ˈbʌdʒərɪɡɑː $ -ɡɑːr/ noun [countable] British English formala budgie

budg·eri·garBrE /ˈbʌdʒəriɡɑː(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbʌdʒəriɡɑːr/ 🔊 noun (also informal budgie) a small bird of the parrot family, often kept in a cage as a pet 虎皮鹦鹉