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# budgie

noun (a budgie, budgies)

«budgie» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A small, bright green, blue or yellow parrot that people often keep as a pet in a cage; its full name is budgerigar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/budgie/#m1)
2. In Australia, a wild budgerigar that lives in big flocks in the dry inland. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/budgie/#m2)

### In the lessons

A common family pet in the UK, Australia and New Zealand; in the USA it is often called a parakeet. In lessons about pets and animals it shows how to care for a bird: clean water, seeds, a clean cage, toys and company. Wild budgies come from Australia. Phrases: «a pet budgie», «budgie cage».

### Examples

- We have a blue budgie called Pip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/budgie/#x1)
- Our budgie chirps when we come into the room. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/budgie/#x2)
- Budgies like to look at themselves in a little mirror. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/budgie/#x3)
- Change the budgie's water every day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/budgie/#x4)
- Wild budgies fly in huge green flocks in Australia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/budgie/#x5)
- Grandma taught her budgie to say «hello». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/budgie/#x6)
- Keep the window shut when the budgie is out of its cage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/budgie/#x7)

### Note

Short for «budgerigar». In American English the same bird is usually called a «parakeet». Plural: budgies. Budgies are happier in pairs because they are social birds.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «budgie» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/budgie/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«budgie» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/budgie.html) on Mova free.