cockatoo
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- noun
- /ˈkɑːkəˌtuː/
:
cacatúa
- During our trip to Australia, we saw wild cockatoos flying in groups in the trees.
- species of cockatoo
Are we sure the cockatoo sees this as a rescue?
- Are we sure the cockatoo sees this as a rescue?
- We had we had cockatoo, we had budgies and we had a pet monkey.
- Eagles and Hawks like those like predatory birds, predatory aggressive birds, but like prey, like parrots, cockatoos, and toucans.
- Well, when, when snowball the cockatoos are dancing, they're using the brain regions around their speech like circuits to, to do this dancing behavior.
Examples
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Compared with birds of the same size reared in open, more exposed nests, cockatoo nestlings are in no hurry to leave the safety of the nest hollow.
Academic text (1991) -
I have spent many hours watching the behavior of parent and young cockatoos via a glass-backed nest box in an aviary.
Academic text (1991) -
The white one's a cockatoo.
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First, we have the cockatoo, which is a very soft, romantic color palate.
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Oh, mister zookeeper, I could never take a cockatoo that size.
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Looking up, they saw a flock of white cockatoos flying by.
Fiction book (2001) -
Also, Ben could hear the white cockatoos with their squawking, shrewish screams at everything that disturbed them, even their own dreams.
Fiction book (1990) -
We are lucky in Western Australia—although some farmers may think differently—in that six species of cockatoos commonly roam the region's wheat fields.
Academic text (1991) -
My friend has a beautiful white cockatoo that can mimic human speech.
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The pet store had several cockatoos available, each with a unique personality.
Synonyms
A large white parrot with a yellow crest that can be raised
A large white cockatoo from Australia with a bright yellow crest it can raise
A large white parrot with a bright yellow crest that makes loud calls in Australia and nearby islands
A group of crested parrots with strong beaks, like cockatoos
A white Australian cockatoo with pink feathers and a bright crest
A medium bird from Australia with pink and grey feathers and a crest
A pink and grey Australian parrot that makes loud calls and plays a lot
Compounds
- Australian
A large white parrot with a bright yellow crest that makes loud calls in Australia and nearby islands
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cockatoo comes from the Malay word kakatua, a name local people used for the bird that can be split into kakak 'older sister' and tua 'old'. European sailors borrowed the word, and that is why we still call the loud, crested white parrots of Australia 'cockatoos'.