helmkaketoe

Dutch

Callocephalon fimbriatum

Etymology

From helm (“helmet”) +‎ kaketoe (“cockatoo”). So-named due to the colorful crest of the male bird, which with some imagination can be said to resemble a helmet.

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Noun

helmkaketoe m (plural helmkaketoes, diminutive helmkaketoetje n)

1. the gang-gang cockatoo, Callocephalon fimbriatum

Further reading

• helmkaketoe on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl