Cockatiel

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A small crested Australian parrot (Nymphicus hollandicus) having gray and yellow plumage.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A small gray and white Australian parrot (Leptolophus hollandicus, formerly Calopsitta Novæ-Hollandiæ) 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head
  • Equivalent
    cockateel   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    parrot   
    Cross Reference
    Nymphicanae    parrot    Cacatuidae   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cockateel    cockatoo parrot    weero    quarrion