gang-gang

See also: gānggāng

English
A female gang-gang.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Wiradjuri gaŋ-gaŋ.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡaŋɡaŋ/

Noun

gang-gang (plural gang-gangs)

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

Translations

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, page 85
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