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cockatoo
noun
cock·a·too
ˈkä-kə-ˌtü 
plural cockatoos
: any of various large noisy chiefly Australasian crested parrots (family Cacatuidae and especially genus Cacatua)
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Watch the video below as a cockatoo has an emotional reunion with his owner after 10 years of blindness.
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Kendall Malinchock, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
Boo, a 40-year-old cockatoo, was dealt a tough hand early in his life.
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
Leaves may be flat or wavy or even cylindrical and shaped like tusks, arranged in a configuration like a fan, or maybe a pineapple top or the most emphatic of cockatoo’s crests.
—Margaret Roach, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
The collection, designed by global creative director Giovanna Engelbert, is the second collaboration with the porcelain specialist and features tropical birds such as cockatoos, royal flycatchers and citrus fruits in porcelain.
—Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 9 Apr. 2025
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Kendall Malinchock, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
Boo, a 40-year-old cockatoo, was dealt a tough hand early in his life.
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
Leaves may be flat or wavy or even cylindrical and shaped like tusks, arranged in a configuration like a fan, or maybe a pineapple top or the most emphatic of cockatoo’s crests.
—Margaret Roach, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
The collection, designed by global creative director Giovanna Engelbert, is the second collaboration with the porcelain specialist and features tropical birds such as cockatoos, royal flycatchers and citrus fruits in porcelain.
—Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 9 Apr. 2025
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“Cockatoo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cockatoo. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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cockatoo
noun
cock·a·too
ˈkäk-ə-ˌtü
plural cockatoos
: any of various large noisy usually showy chiefly Australasian parrots that have a bunch of feathers on the head
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