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[syn: cockateel, cockatiel, cockatoo parrot, Nymphicus hollandicus]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
cockatiel \cock"a*tiel\, Cockateel \Cock"a*teel\, n. (Zool.)
A small gray and white Australian parrot (Leptolophus
hollandicus, formerly Calopsitta Nov[ae]-Hollandi[ae])
with a prominent crest; the male has bright yellow cheeks and
crest, but the female has only a pale yellow in the face; --
it is so called from its note.
Syn: cockateel, cockatoo parrot, Nymphicus hollandicus.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cockatiel
n 1: small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head
[syn: cockateel, cockatiel, cockatoo parrot,
Nymphicus hollandicus]