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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
cockatiel \cock"a*tiel\, Cockateel \Cock"a*teel\, noun (Zool.) 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}. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
noun
1: small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head [syn: {cockateel}, {cockatiel}, {cockatoo parrot}, {Nymphicus hollandicus}]
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