Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small crested Australian parrot (Nymphicus hollandicus) having gray and yellow plumage.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A small gray and white Australian parrot (
Leptolophus hollandicus , formerlyCalopsitta 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small, rather
atypical cockatoo with adistinctive pointed yellowcrest .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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We have a pet cockatiel, and on more than one occasion Seth has helped rescue him when he thought he might get into harm's way.
Robin Gorman Newman: Giving Back at Holiday Time Robin Gorman Newman 2011
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We have a pet cockatiel, and on more than one occasion Seth has helped rescue him when he thought he might get into harm's way.
Robin Gorman Newman: Giving Back at Holiday Time Robin Gorman Newman 2011
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A border collie, three pitbulls, three cats, a rabbit and a cockatiel were found dead after a neighbor called authorities; three severely emaciated dogs were still alive.
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We have a pet cockatiel, and on more than one occasion Seth has helped rescue him when he thought he might get into harm's way.
Robin Gorman Newman: Giving Back at Holiday Time Robin Gorman Newman 2011
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They also have a cockatiel, two cats, a turtle and three goldfish.
Rockland Retreat, With Famous Fire Pole Sushil Cheema 2011
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Brought in by Ford's prop designer Marie Schneggenburger from a parrot rescue organization called Phoenix Landing, the 10-year-old cockatiel pals were given up by previous owners.
Backstage at Theater Alliance with co-founder Paul Douglas Michnewicz Jane Horwitz 2010
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Zeus wasn't Laurie's first bird; she started with a cockatiel and worked her way up to Zeus, as she succumbed to what she calls "larger-bird" lust.
Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Lady and the Parrot Nancy Ruhling 2011
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Zeus wasn't Laurie's first bird; she started with a cockatiel and worked her way up to Zeus, as she succumbed to what she calls "larger-bird" lust.
Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Lady and the Parrot Nancy Ruhling 2011
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The joke is that the cockatiel "is supposed to sing, but of course he doesn't," Slayden says.
Backstage at Theater Alliance with co-founder Paul Douglas Michnewicz Jane Horwitz 2010
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We have a pet cockatiel, and on more than one occasion Seth has helped rescue him when he thought he might get into harm's way.
Robin Gorman Newman: Giving Back at Holiday Time Robin Gorman Newman 2011
bilby commented on the word cockatiel
Cockatiels aren't endemic here in the North so the one I saw perched up on the phone lines was probably a cage escapee.
May 20, 2008
avivamagnolia commented on the word cockatiel
~ A small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest. Also called quarrion, quarry hen, and weero.
~ From Wiradhuri guwarrayiŋ.
January 18, 2009