cockatiel

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: cock=a=tiel

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