Crossword clues for cockateel
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cockateel
cockatiel \cock"a*tiel\, Cockateel \Cock"a*teel\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A small gray and white Australian parrot ( Leptolophus hollandicus, formerly Calopsitta Nov[ae]-Hollandi[ae]) 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.
Syn: cockateel, cockatoo parrot, Nymphicus hollandicus.
Wiktionary
cockateel
n. (archaic form of cockatiel English)
WordNet
cockateel
n. small gray Australian parrot with a yellow crested head [syn: cockatiel, cockatoo parrot, Nymphicus hollandicus]
Usage examples of "cockateel".
As they dropped down towards Port Jackson the number and variety of parrots, and their discordant noise, increased: cockatoos in flocks, cockateels, lories, and clouds of budgerigars.