Meaning of black cockatoo | Babel Free

Definitions

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.

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Examples

“Black cockatoos filled the air above her and their harsh screeching seemed only to echo the hostile nature of the bush.”

“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.”

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