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Definition of Cockatiel
1. Noun. Small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head.
Generic synonyms: Parrot
Group relationships: Genus Nymphicus, Nymphicus
Definition of Cockatiel
1. Noun. A small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cockatiel
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cockatiel
Literary usage of Cockatiel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Author's & Printer's Dictionary: A Guide for Authors by Frederick Howard Collins (1912)
"Cockaigne*, London, not Cocagne, Cockayne. cockatiel*, Australian cockatoo,
not -teel. cockatoo/*, pi. ..."
2. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"cockatiel, -eel, n. an arbitrary diminutive of the word Cockatoo, and used as
another name for the Cockatoo - Parrakeet, Calopsitta novce-hollandia, ..."
3. Ornithological & Other Oddities by Frank Finn (1907)
"It is certainly obvious that pigeons do not get wet so easily as most land birds,
and in the pretty little cockatiel, a member of ..."
4. As I Remember: Memoirs of a Grandfather to His Grandchildren / by Stuart by Triebner, Stuart Alexander, 1920- (2004)
"Buzz was another of my parrots, and Tilly, a )T small yellow cockatiel who flew
away one day when I stepped outside. Smokey, the cat that woulld always ride ..."
5. Much Bigger Than Grownups: Chronicles of a Native South Africanby Shelley Wood Gauld by Shelley Wood Gauld (2006)
"Inside, we had three domesticated birds: Plume, a grumpy gray cockatiel; and
Aussie and Sky, two sprightly parakeets. During those childhood years we ..."
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