corella
nounEtymology From Wiradjuri [Term?].
1
Any of several species of white cockatoo of the subgenus Licmetis within genus Cacatua.
- 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.2013, Alexis Wright, The Swan Book, Constable (2016), page 204:
- Derived terms
- corella pear, Goffin's corella, little corella, long-billed corella, Tanimbar corella, western corella