Rosella

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rosella \Ro"sel"la\, n. [NL., dim. of L. rosa rose.] (Zool.)
     A beautiful Australian parrakeet ({Platycercus eximius})
     often kept as a cage bird. The head and back of the neck are
     scarlet, the throat is white, the back dark green varied with
     lighter green, and the breast yellow.
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