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white cockatoo

white cockatoo noun: the endangered, all-white Cacatua alba, of the North Moluccas, Indonesia.

Noun

white cockatoo (plural white cockatoos)

  1. The endangered, all-white Cacatua alba, of the North Moluccas, Indonesia.
  2. The widespread sulphur-crested cockatoo, Cacatua galerita, of Australia.
    • 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
    • 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

Forms of white cockatoo

pluralwhite cockatoos

Questions about white cockatoo

What does white cockatoo mean?
White cockatoo means the endangered, all-white Cacatua alba, of the North Moluccas, Indonesia.
What part of speech is white cockatoo?
White cockatoo is a noun.
What is the plural of white cockatoo?
The plural of white cockatoo is white cockatoos.

Words near white cockatoo in the dictionary

  1. white coat hypertension
  2. white coat rule
  3. white coat rules
  4. white coat syndrome
  5. white coats
  6. white cockatoo
  7. white cockatoos
  8. white coffee
  9. white coffees
  10. white collar
  11. White Colne

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