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.
   • 2013, Alexis Wright, The Swan Book, Constable (2016), page 204:

     A flock of white corellas stared with black beady eyes as Warren Finch and the girl passed by, then continued gnawing with sharp pointy beaks on the paddy melons held in their claws.

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