Lexic.us

Definition of Cockatoo parrot

1. Noun. Small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cockatoo Parrot

Literary usage of Cockatoo parrot

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Centennial Magazine: An Australian Monthly (1889)
"Those who first discovered thg cockatoo parrot would seem to have been in doubt as to whether it was a cockatoo or a parrot, and compromised in a somewhat ..."

2. The Aborigines of Victoria: With Notes Relating to the Habits of the Natives by Robert Brough Smyth (1878)
"cockatoo parrot.* Parrot. Shell parrot. Curlew. Pigeon. Bronzewing pigeon. Flock pigeon. Dove. Quail. Red-breasted robin. Shepherd's companion (a species of ..."

3. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia by Royal Society of South Australia (1896)
"... NOV/E HOLLANDS (cockatoo parrot). Wherever surface water exists in North-West Australia the cockatoo parrots are seen as they arrive in large flocks to ..."

4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1862)
"... another with pale sulphur crest; and a thin! with white and crimson plumage — strictly a cockatoo-parrot, the most loquacious of the whole family, ..."

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