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cockatoo

DEFINITIONS OF: cockatoo

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n white or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds

Types:
Cacatua galerita, Kakatoe galerita, sulphur-crested cockatoo
white cockatoo with a yellow erectile crest
Kakatoe leadbeateri, pink cockatoo
white Australian cockatoo with roseate tinged plumage
Type of:
parrot
usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds
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