galah
Americannoun
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an Australian cockatoo, Kakatoe roseicapilla, having rose-colored underparts.
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Australian. a fool.
noun
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an Australian cockatoo, Kakatoe roseicapilla, having grey wings, back, and crest and a pink body
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slang a fool or simpleton
Etymology
Origin of galah
First recorded in 1885–90; from Yuwaalaraay (an Australian Aboriginal language spoken near Lightning Ridge, northern New South Wales) gilā
Example Sentences
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The aging 8-meter statue, of a local species of cockatoo called the galah, marks a roughly midway point between the eastern and western coasts of Australia.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2018
Pink, for example on a galah cockatoo, can be due to weak absorption of all colors except red.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
Raw prawn, to come the, v.: to delude or hoodwink a drongo or galah.
From Time Magazine Archive
They slaughtered a camel, and were fortunate to shoot a few pigeons and galah parrots, the fresh meat restoring a little of their strength.
From The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work by Favenc, Ernest
Compare also gali, to dig; tenggalam, to sink; tugal, to sow rice by putting seeds into holes made with a sharp stick; galah, a pole; gala-gala, pitch.
From A Manual of the Malay language With an Introductory Sketch of the Sanskrit Element in Malay by Maxwell, William Edward, Sir
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