budgerigar n 1: 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}, {shell parakeet}, {Melopsittacus undulatus}]
budgerigar \budg"er*i*gar\, budgereegah \budgereegah\, budgerygah \budgerygah\n. small Australian parakeet ({Melopsittacus undulatus}) usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors. Syn: budgie, grass parakeet, lovebird, shell parakeet. [WordNet 1.5]