Major Mitchell

British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Major Mitchell

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

Example Sentences

Even more striking is the recent discovery that the exact brain region Major Mitchell seems to have injured has recently been linked to immorality.

From Slate • Dec. 16, 2015

Later, a cockatoo – the Major Mitchell – was named after him.

From The Guardian • Jun. 13, 2014

Major Mitchell told us that General Jackson had treated him exceeding harshly, because he did not choose to give the General such information respecting our numbers, &c. as he wished.

From Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade by Surtees, William

Injustice to Major Mitchell and Captain Muir, who were taken at Petersburg, I have the honor to inform your Excellency that they had been sent to that place on public service.

From Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette by Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de

In 1831 Major Mitchell explored the country north-west from Sydney, and in 1845-6 he traversed the Darling Downs, afterwards penetrating as far north as the Drummond Range.

From Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information by Queensland