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

See this stated and explained by Major Mitchell, “Three Expeditions,” vol. i. p.

From Australia, its history and present condition containing an account both of the bush and of the colonies, with their respective inhabitants by Pridden, W. (William)

In the year 1836, the Hentys had a few cattle running behind the Bluff when Major Mitchell arrived overland from Sydney, and reported good country to the north.

From The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned by Macfarlane, J.

In 1836 Major Mitchell undertook an expedition to the south, and in this he was much more successful.

From History of Australia and New Zealand From 1606 to 1890 by Sutherland, Alexander