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black cockatoo

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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.

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  • Dutch: raafkaketoe — black cockatoo, particularly of the genus Calyptorhynchus
  • Woiwurrung: na-u-na-duk — black cockatoo, particularly of the genus Calyptorhynchus
  • Woiwurrung: yangkai — black cockatoo, particularly of the genus Calyptorhynchus
  • Woiwurrung: ngayamong — black cockatoo, particularly of the genus Calyptorhynchus