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gang-gang

(ˈɡæŋˌɡæŋ)
n
(Animals) a small black cockatoo, Callocephalon fimbriatum, of SE Australia, the male of which has a scarlet head
[C19: from a native Australian language]
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Hinapuyan, a certain Jay-ay Matanog of San Miguel, Surigao Del Sur and one identified only as Gang-gang of Sibagat, Agusan Del Sur, are missing as a result of the incident.
Meanwhile, search and rescue operations are still ongoing for the remaining three victims identified as Rex Penig, Jay-ay Matanog, and Gang-gang.
Four gang-gang cockatoos from an aviary in Sydney displayed severe neurological signs.
Loving husband of Mary, special dad t o Rosemary and Michael, devoted Gramps to Eddie and Stephen and devoted Gang-Gang to Jennie.
The collection included pairs of palm cockatoos worth pounds 20,000, Pesquet's parrots worth pounds 15,000 and gang-gang cockatoos worth pounds 25,000.
Sunday (January 20), his husband together with his seven others - Rene Gan-ungunIligan, Ramil Nano Iligan, Casiano Tagunsulod Iligan, Rex Penig, Tata Salasay, Jay-ay Matanog, Alan Daging and a certain Gang-gang, all of legal age and residents of Surigao del Sur, were hunting for treasure, when they were caught by a landslide Incident at Mount Manhupaw, boundary of Santiago and Jabonga, Agusan del Norte.
Injured were Jerson Hermosa, Daisy Pacho and a woman identified only as Gang-Gang.
Lead researchers Maria Magat and Culum Brown at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, worked with eight species of Australian parrot, some of which are primarily left-biased - gang-gang cockatoos, for instance, are 100 per cent left-footed - others right-biased and the rest "ambidextrous".
His collection included palm cockatoos worth pounds 20,000, and gang-gang cockatoos worth pounds 25,000.
Aquino identified the suspects as Efren Deles alias Mangko, an alleged leader of the Delta Force Drug Group, PO2 Edgar Deles alias Gang-gang, an active member of the Philippine National Police assigned in Police Station 1 Zamboanga City Police Office and Ricky Encilay alias Timoy, a member of the Delta Force Drug Group.
Anyway, this year, in the first Tinagba Festival under the new mayor Ronald Felix "Gang-Gang" Alfelor, we found the floats more colorful especially at night when enhanced by electric lights.