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Major Mitchell

Major Mitchell noun: a Major Mitchell's cockatoo.

Noun

Major Mitchell (plural Major Mitchells)

  1. A Major Mitchell's cockatoo.
    • Three Major Mitchells are on the left with their foster sibling, a galah, the latter's mother having laid an egg in the Major Mitchell's nest. All are marked with conspicuous wing tags which allowed them to be followed in the wild.2012, Aubrey Manning, Marian Stamp Dawkins, An Introduction to Animal Behaviour, page 47

Forms of Major Mitchell

pluralMajor Mitchells

Questions about Major Mitchell

What does Major Mitchell mean?
Major Mitchell means a Major Mitchell's cockatoo.
What part of speech is Major Mitchell?
Major Mitchell is a noun.
What is the plural of Major Mitchell?
The plural of Major Mitchell is Major Mitchells.

Words near Major Mitchell in the dictionary

  1. major junior
  2. major key
  3. major keys
  4. major league
  5. major leagues
  6. Major Mitchell
  7. Major Mitchell cockatoo
  8. Major Mitchell cockatoos
  9. Major Mitchell parrot
  10. Major Mitchell's cockatoo
  11. Major Mitchell's cockatoos

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