cockatiel

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

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n.

an arbitrarydiminutive of the word Cockatoo, and used as another name forthe Cockatoo-Parrakeet, Calopsitta novae-hollandiae,and generally for any Parrakeet of the genus Calopsitta.(`O.E.D.')