BUDGIE

budgerigar, budgereegah, budgerygah, budgie, grass parakeet, lovebird, shell parakeet, Melopsittacus undulatus

(noun) small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

budgie (plural budgies)

(informal) A budgerigar.

Source: Wiktionary



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GUILLOTINE

(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”


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