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Meanings of cockatiel in English

Portuguese
calopsita
Catalan
cacatua
Spanish
nymphicus hollandicus

Small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head.

calopsita
Usage of cockatiel in English
1
Charlie is a cockatiel whose early years were spent in a brothel.
Bones to Ashes
2
Now and then the cockatiel chirped or sang a fragment of song.
Monday Mourning
3
Across the room, Birdie rose, tail puffed, eyes fixed on the cockatiel.
Monday Mourning
4
A spray winged from her head like the crown on Katy's cockatiel.
Monday Mourning
5
Clearly, the cockatiel training CD had seen no play time in my absence.
Spider bones: a novel
6
This arrangement was working, and cat and cockatiel were firmly bonded.
Cross Bones
7
When told of the cockatiel's upcoming arrival, Birdie was either thrilled or annoyed.
Spider bones: a novel
8
The cockatiel regarded us as it swung back and forth in decreasing arcs.
Monday Mourning
9
I moved his cage to the den and popped in a cockatiel-training CD.
Bones to Ashes
10
The cockatiel regarded its mistress, crown raised, head frozen at a forty-degree angle.
Monday Mourning
11
During his years with Adriana, Lucian tried not to think about the cockatiel Fuoco.
Eros, philia, agape
12
Then I raced home to arrange cat and cockatiel care.
Cross Bones
13
The cockatiel shifted from chirping to shrilling short, strident notes.
Monday Mourning
14
The cockatiel was this year's Christmas present from Ryan.
Cross Bones
15
A cockatiel was better than no company at all.
206 Bones
16
Her emerald cockatiel, Fuoco, greeted her with indignant squawks.
Eros, philia, agape
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Translations for cockatiel
Catalan
cacatua
Cockatiel through the time