black cockatoo
English
Noun
black cockatoo (plural black cockatoos)
- Any of various species of Australian cockatoo of the genus Calyptothyncus having mainly black plumage; sometimes also the great black cockatoo, Probosciger aterrimus.
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber & Faber 2003, p. 95:
- Black cockatoos filled the air above her and their harsh screeching seemed only to echo the hostile nature of the bush.
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber & Faber 2003, p. 95:
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