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Definition of cockatiel in English: cockatielnounˌkɒkəˈtiːlˌkäkəˈtēl A slender long-crested Australian parrot related to the cockatoos, with a mainly grey body, white shoulders, and a yellow and orange face. Nymphicus hollandicus, family Cacatuidae (or Psittacidae) Example sentencesExamples - When the aviary was smashed, the parrots, cockatiels and lovebirds took flight.
- At once, the cockatiel's grey feathers started to glow orangish-red.
- She is an aviculturist writer, editor, panel judge and speaker, and has raised cockatiels and parrots for more than 20 years.
- The bird sanctuary has been inundated with calls from people who have spotted cockatiels, budgies and parrots that have been released into the wild.
- Parrot fever is a bacterial disease that affects more than 100 species of wild and domestic birds, including parrots, macaws, cockatiels and parakeets.
Origin Late 19th century: from Dutch kaketielje, probably a diminutive of kaketoe 'cockatoo'. Rhymes allele, anele, anneal, appeal, Bastille, Beale, Castile, chenille, cochineal, conceal, congeal, creel, deal, eel, Emile, feel, freewheel, genteel, Guayaquil, heal, heel, he'll, keel, Kiel, kneel, leal, Lille, Lucille, manchineel, meal, misdeal, Neil, O'Neill, ordeal, peal, peel, reel, schlemiel, seal, seel, she'll, spiel, squeal, steal, steel, Steele, teal, underseal, veal, weal, we'll, wheel, zeal Definition of cockatiel in US English: cockatielnounˌkäkəˈtēl A slender long-crested Australian parrot related to the cockatoos, with a mainly gray body, white shoulders, and a yellow and orange face. Nymphicus hollandicus, family Cacatuidae (or Psittacidae) Example sentencesExamples - When the aviary was smashed, the parrots, cockatiels and lovebirds took flight.
- At once, the cockatiel's grey feathers started to glow orangish-red.
- The bird sanctuary has been inundated with calls from people who have spotted cockatiels, budgies and parrots that have been released into the wild.
- Parrot fever is a bacterial disease that affects more than 100 species of wild and domestic birds, including parrots, macaws, cockatiels and parakeets.
- She is an aviculturist writer, editor, panel judge and speaker, and has raised cockatiels and parrots for more than 20 years.
Origin Late 19th century: from Dutch kaketielje, probably a diminutive of kaketoe ‘cockatoo’. |