wyla

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Definition of wyla

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noun

  1. The yellow-tailed black cockatoo or funereal cockatoo, Calyptorhynchus funereus, a bird native to Australia.
    “The natives tell me of another kind of Cockatoo (besides Wyla and Geringora), which they call Carat’. It is very shy.”
    “The dark-plumaged funereal cockatoo or wyla (Calyptorhynchus funereus) is another Australian species.”

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Etymology

Likely from a Pama-Nyungan language; compare Awabakal waiila (“black cockatoo”).

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