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budgerigar
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budgerigar (bŭj`ərēgär'): see parakeet parakeet or parrakeet, common name for a widespread group of small parrots , native to the Indo-Malayan region and popular as cage birds. Parakeets have long, pointed tails, unlike the chunky lovebirds with which they are sometimes confused.
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budgerigar
a small green Australian parrot, Melopsittacus undulatus: a popular cagebird that is bred in many different coloured varieties


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Three each of Mourning Doves and Budgerigars did not become infected after ingesting an infected mosquito; three each of Japanese Quail and Monk Parakeet and two Bobwhite, did not become infected after ingesting an aqueous suspension containing about 3,400 PFU.
In the mid-1950s, budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus), or "budgies," became popular household pets in the United States; within a decade, more than 5.
To see if fluorescence really did matter in romance, Arnold and her colleagues studied budgerigars with the coloring they have in the wild.
 
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