helmkaketoe

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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

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