rosella
nounUK /ɹə(ʊ)ˈzɛlə/
Etymology Uncertain; perhaps a variant of Rosehill.
1
A parrot belonging to any of the five to eight species in the genus Platycercus (originally specifically Platycercus eximius) which is native to Australia and nearby islands.
- Molly […] had glimpsed a future, like a rosella, hardly seen, swooping through the high umbrellas of the bush.1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 138:
- Derived terms
- Adelaide rosella, Brown's rosella, crimson rosella, eastern rosella, green rosella, northern rosella, pale-headed rosella, smutty rosella, Tasmanian rosella, western rosella
- Related terms
- lorikeet