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cockatiels

cockatiels is the plural of cockatiel.

Meaning of cockatiel

Noun

cockatiel (plural cockatiels)

  1. Nymphicus hollandicus, a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest, native to Australia. Avicultural forms come in many color mutations such as White Face Gray, White Face Pearl, Fallow, Pearl Pied, Cinnamon Pearl, and White Face Pied.
    • The smaller parrakeets, such as budgerigars, turquoisines, and love birds, delight In going in and out of the cocoa nuts, but I never saw a cockatiel enter one, nor do I see how they could do so without detriment to their long tails.1871, Norfolk (pseudonym), “Cockatiels”, in The Exchange and Mart, volume 4, number 139, page 481
    Synonyms:
    quarrion, weero

Questions about cockatiels

What is cockatiels the plural of?
Cockatiels is the plural of cockatiel.

Words near cockatiels in the dictionary

  1. cockarouse
  2. cockarouses
  3. cockateel
  4. cockateels
  5. cockatiel
  6. cockatiels
  7. cockatoo
  8. cockatoo apple
  9. cockatoo farmer
  10. cockatoo farmers
  11. cockatoo grass

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