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gang-gang
gang-gang
See also: gānggāng
English
A female gang-gang.
Alternative forms
Noun
gang-gang (plural gang-gangs)
- A kind of cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum).
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 433:
- He carried the two gang-gang cockatoos in a ferret box.
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 433:
References
- Dixon, R. M. W., Bruce Moore, W. S. Ramson, Mandy Thomas (2006) Australian Aboriginal Words in English: Their Origin and Meaning, 2nd ed. edition, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-554073-5, page 85