cockateel

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Noun

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cock=a=teel

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun cockateel has 1 sense

cockateel(n = noun.animal) cockatiel, cockatoo parrot, nymphicus hollandicus - small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head;

is a kind of parrot

is a member of genus nymphicus, nymphicus

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CIDE DICTIONARY

cockateel, 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. [1913 Webster]