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corella

noun
co·​rel·​la | \ kə-ˈre-lə \
plural corellas

Definition of corella

: any of various mostly white, relatively small cockatoos (genus Cacatua) chiefly of Australia: such as
a : a long-billed cockatoo (Cacatua tenuirostris) often kept as a cage bird and readily trained to talk

— called also long-billed corella

b : little corella

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native name in Australia

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