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gang-gang en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɡaŋɡaŋ/ (UK)

Etymology

Borrowed from Wiradjuri gaŋ-gaŋ.

Meanings

  1. A kind of cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum).
    • He carried the two gang-gang cockatoos in a ferret box. 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 433:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
gangan alternative lexicographic
gang-gangs Number=Plur lexicographic
gang-gang cockatoo alternative lexicographic

Translations (2)

ru шлемоно́сный какаду́ (Callocephalon fimbriatum) · nl helmkaketoe (Callocephalon fimbriatum)