| 单词 | rose cockatoo |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrose cockatoo rose cockatoo n. now historical the galah or rose-breasted cockatoo, Eolophus roseicapilla. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Psittaciformes (parrots, etc.) > [noun] > cockatoo > types of sulphur cockatoo1811 rose cockatoo1829 gang-gang1833 Leadbeater's cockatoo1848 galah1862 Major Mitchell1898 1829 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom VII. 495 Rose Cockatoo. P. Roseus... Head and body, fine rose-colour; quills, wings, and vent, ashen. 1867 F. J. Byerley Narr. Overland Exped. N. Queensland 3 The creek received the name of Galaa Creek, in allusion to the galaa or rose cockatoo (Cacatua Rosea). 1900 Daily News 10 Feb. 7/2 The foreign birds are many, and include Amazon and grey parrots, lead-beaters, rose cockatoos, [etc.]. 1963 A. Moorehead Cooper's Creek ii. 22 He speaks of species like the crested wedge-bill..and of the galahs which were also known as rose cockatoos. < as lemmas |
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