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Sparrow vs Budgerigar - What's the difference?

sparrow | budgerigar |

As a proper noun sparrow

is .

As a noun budgerigar is

a species of small parakeet native to australia and often kept as pets, melopsittacus undulatus .

sparrow

English

(wikipedia sparrow)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The house sparrow, Passer domesticus ; a small bird with a short bill, and brown, white and gray feathers.
  • A member of the family Passeridae, comprising small Old World songbirds.
  • A member of the family Emberizidae, comprising small New World songbirds.
  • Generically, any small, nondescript bird.
  • (UK, chiefly, London) A quick-witted, lively person. Often used in the phrase cockney sparrow .
  • * 2005 , Drama Faces: Martine McCutcheon , BBC
    • Professional cockney sparrow Martine has acted since childhood.
  • * 1878 , Ally Sloper's guide to the Paris exhibition , Charles Henry Ross, p. 54
    • I take it there 's scarcely a happier fellow alive than your honest town-bred smoke-dried cockney sparrow .

    Derived terms

    * sparrowhawk * house sparrow * (tree sparrow)

    Synonyms

    (checksyns) * spadger, sparra, spuggy

    budgerigar

    English

    (wikipedia budgerigar) (Melopsittacus undulatus)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A species of small parakeet native to Australia and often kept as pets, Melopsittacus undulatus .

    • Synonyms

    * budgie (diminutive), parakeet (US)