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galah

ga lah |gəˈlä ɡəˈlɑ | noun a small Australian cockatoo with a gray back and rosy pink head and underparts, abundant and regarded as a pest. [Eulophus roseicapillus, family Cacatuidae (or Psittacidae ).] ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Yuwaalaraay (an Aboriginal language of New South Wales ).

 

Galahad

Gal a had |ˈgaləˌhad ˈɡæləhæd |(also Sir Galahad ) the noblest of King Arthur's legendary knights; renowned for immaculate purity and destined to find the Holy Grail.

 

Oxford Dictionary

galah

galah |gəˈlɑː | noun 1 a small Australian cockatoo with a grey back and rosy pink head and underparts. Eulophus roseicapillus, family Cacatuidae (or Psittacidae ). 2 Austral. informal a stupid person. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Yuwaalaraay (an Aboriginal language of New South Wales ).

 

Galahad

Galahad |ˈgaləhad |(also Sir Galahad ) the noblest of King Arthur's knights, renowned for immaculate purity and destined to find the Holy Grail. (as noun a ( Sir ) Galahad ) a person characterized by nobility, integrity, or courtesy.