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white cockatoo en · NOUN

Meanings

1. Any of various cockatoos having predominantly white plumage: ▸ The endangered, all-white Cacatua alba, of the North Moluccas, Indonesia.
2. Any of various cockatoos having predominantly white plumage: ▸ The widespread sulphur-crested cockatoo, Cacatua galerita, of Australia.
   • Even flocks of white cockatoos flying in a cloud along the beach like an angel with flapping wings, raucously cried for him. 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo, published 2012, page 92:
   • There were thousands upon thousands of white cockatoos flying around the trees alongside the river, and I had my first glimpse of that strange bird the ibis, with its long skinny legs and graceful neck. 1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 21:

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Translations (4)

fi valkokakadu (Cacatua alba) · nl witte kaketoe (Cacatua alba) · wyi gaan (Cacatua alba) · wyi ngayuk (Cacatua alba)