or cock′a·teel·
a small, crested Australian parrot (Nymphicus hollandicus) with a long tail and yellow head
Origin of cockatiel
Dutch kaketielje, diminutive of kaketoe: see cockatoocockatiel
cock·a·tiel cockatiel
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cockatiel
also cock·a·teel
noun
A small crested Australian parrot (Nymphicus hollandicus) having gray and yellow plumage.
Origin of cockatiel
Dutch kaketielje ultimately from Malay kakatua cockatoo ; see cockatoo .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural cockatiels)
- Nymphicus hollandicus, a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest.
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