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Budgerigar

2 stages from Gamilaraay to English.

Today it means a small, colorful Australian parakeet, popular as a pet
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Stage 1 of 2
budgerigar
Gamilaraay · 1800s
"the small parakeet"
possibly meaning good food or good cockatoo, the small parakeet of the Australian outback
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Stage 2 of 2
budgerigar
English · 1840s
"a small Australian parakeet"
adopted directly for the small colorful parakeet
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