black cockatoo
English
editNoun
editblack cockatoo (plural black cockatoos)
- 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.
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber & Faber, published 2003, page 95:
- Black cockatoos filled the air above her and their harsh screeching seemed only to echo the hostile nature of the bush.
- 1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 128:
- 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.
Translations
editblack cockatoo, particularly of the genus Calyptorhynchus
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