any parrot of the genus Nymphicus; the word is dim. of late Lat. cora =korh, a girl, doll, etc. The Australian Corella is N. novae-hollandiae, and the name is also given to Licmetus nasicus, Temm, the Long-billed Cockatoo (q.v.). It is often used indiscriminately by bird-fanciers forany pretty little parrot, parrakeet, or cockatoo.