corella

See also: Corella

English

Cacatua sanguinea

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Wiradjuri [Term?].

Noun

corella (plural corellas)

1. Any of several species of white cockatoo of the subgenus Licmetis within genus Cacatua.
   • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 434:

     There were red-tailed cockatoos, casuarina cockatoos, a little corella and a galah.

Derived terms

• corella pear
• Goffin's corella
• little corella
• long-billed corella
• Tanimbar corella
• western corella

Translations

cockatoo of the subgenus Licmetis

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: kakadu (fi)

References

• Dixon, R. M. W., Bruce Moore, W. S. Ramson, Mandy Thomas (2006) Australian Aboriginal Words in English: Their Origin and Meaning, 2nd ed. edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 83

Anagrams

• E-collar, e-collar, ocellar