Major Mitchell


noun
  1. an Australian cockatoo, Kakatoe leadbeateri, with a white-and-pink plumage: Also called: Leadbeater's cockatoo

Origin of Major Mitchell

1
C19: named after Major (later Sir) Thomas Mitchell (1792–1855), Scots-born Australian explorer

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