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black cockatoo en · NOUN

Meanings

1. Any of various species of Australian cockatoo of the genera Calyptorhynchus and Zanda having mainly black plumage; sometimes also the great black cockatoo, Probosciger aterrimus.
   • Black cockatoos filled the air above her and their harsh screeching seemed only to echo the hostile nature of the bush. 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber & Faber, published 2003, page 95:
   • As we walked up to one of the gum trees, a flock of black cockatoos flew out, squawking like rusty hinges, and settled on a dead gum up ahead. 1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 128:

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Translations (4)

wyi na-u-na-duk (black cockatoo, particularly of the genus Calyptorhynchus) · nl raafkaketoe (black cockatoo, particularly of the genus Calyptorhynchus) · wyi yangkai (black cockatoo, particularly of the genus Calyptorhynchus) · wyi ngayamong (black cockatoo, particularly of the genus Calyptorhynchus)