Word Study
cockatiel
CIDE DICTIONARY
cockatiel, 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]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cockatiel, n. (also cockateel) Austral. a small delicately coloured crested parrot, Nymphicus hollandicus.
Etymology
Du. kaketielje
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