rosella

rosella
[rə(ʊ)ˈzɛlə]
noun
  1. an Australian parakeet with vivid green, red, yellow, or blue plumage
    玫瑰鹦鹉
  2. Genus Platycercus, family Psittacidae: several species
    玫瑰鹦鹉属,鹦鹉科:数种
  3. (Austral.)a sheep which is losing its wool (and said to resemble a rosella parakeet which has lost some of its feathers) and is therefore easy to shear
    (澳)部分脱毛的绵羊
语源
  1. mid 19th cent.: alteration of Rosehill, New South Wales, where the bird was first found
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