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sulphur-crested cockatoo

sulphur-crested cockatoo noun: a large Australian cockatoo, Cacatua galerita, with a yellow erectile crest.

Noun

sulphur-crested cockatoo (plural sulphur-crested cockatoos)

  1. A large Australian cockatoo, Cacatua galerita, with a yellow erectile crest.
    • [A] mob of sulphur-crested cockatoos took roost above her inspiration of Wordsworth's latest rewriting of The Prelude […].2001, Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish, Vintage, published 2016, page 223

Forms of sulphur-crested cockatoo

pluralsulphur-crested cockatoos
alternative formsulfur-crested cockatoo

Questions about sulphur-crested cockatoo

What does sulphur-crested cockatoo mean?
Sulphur-crested cockatoo means a large Australian cockatoo, Cacatua galerita, with a yellow erectile crest.
What part of speech is sulphur-crested cockatoo?
Sulphur-crested cockatoo is a noun.
What is the plural of sulphur-crested cockatoo?
The plural of sulphur-crested cockatoo is sulphur-crested cockatoos.

Words near sulphur-crested cockatoo in the dictionary

  1. sulphur yellow
  2. sulphur-bottom
  3. sulphur-bottom whale
  4. sulphur-colour
  5. sulphur-coloured
  6. sulphur-crested cockatoo
  7. sulphur-crested cockatoos
  8. sulphur-free
  9. sulphurate
  10. sulphurated
  11. sulphurates

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