: any of various large noisy chiefly Australasian crested parrots (family Cacatuidae and especially genus Cacatua)
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Recent Examples on the WebSnowball the cockatoo dances rhythmically to pop songs.—Tove Danovich, Scientific American, 25 June 2024 Crowe shared a brief video of the cockatoo community on social media in 2021.—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 14 June 2024 Two of the birds, a cockatoo named Ellie and an African Grey named Cookie, still call each other nearly a year later.—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 2 May 2024 The bar’s name came from a side business Merritt was running at the time, sculpting colorful cockatoos, parrots, flamingos and other birds for friends and local businesses.—Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 1 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for cockatoo
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