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English

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A female gang-gang.
English Wikipedia has an article on:gang-gang cockatooWikipedia

Alternative forms

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  • gangan
  • gang-gang cockatoo

Etymology

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From Wiradjuri gaŋ-gaŋ.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡaŋɡaŋ/

Noun

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gang-gang (plural gang-gangs)

  1. A kind of cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum).
    • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 433:He carried the two gang-gang cockatoos in a ferret box.

Translations

[edit] Callocephalon fimbriatum
  • Dutch: helmkaketoe (nl) m
  • Russian: шлемоно́сный какаду́ m (šlemonósnyj kakadú)

References

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  • Dixon, R. M. W., Bruce Moore, W. S. Ramson, Mandy Thomas (2006), Australian Aboriginal Words in English: Their Origin and Meaning, 2nd ed. edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 85
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