How to Use cockatoo in a Sentence

cockatoo

noun

• That largely is gone, as is most of the home of the glossy black cockatoo.
  — oregonlive, 16 Jan. 2020
• The Goffin’s cockatoo is the handyman of the avian kingdom.
  — Byvirginia Morell, science.org, 10 Feb. 2023
• The rabbit can move its head, legs, mouth, and ears, and the cockatoo can rotate its head 360 degrees and move its wings and tail.
  — Sharon Brandwein, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2024
• The kit includes parts to build a white rabbit, a cockatoo, or a white seal, each with moving parts.
  — Maya Polton, Parents, 18 Mar. 2024
• Their homes at one point housed 34 cats, a dog, two gerbils, and a cockatoo between them.
  — Longreads, 10 Mar. 2021
• Ever wondered what the world looks like through a cockatoo's eyes?
  — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, 7 June 2018
• The care center has taken in 45 dogs, 2 parrots and a cockatoo from the welfare check.
  — Mike Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 25 Mar. 2021
• The entire table was an oversized red cockatoo with a piece of glass on top, and the cockatoo held the glass.
  — Alexis E. Barton, Washington Post, 11 May 2023
• That life is corrosion and decay, blossoms and smiles, the squawk of a cockatoo.
  — New York Times, 6 Sep. 2021
• The artist Joseph Cornell once requested a picture of a street urchin with a white cockatoo.
  — New York Times, 3 Aug. 2021
• Shaun White, and posed for photos with an umbrella cockatoo and a sloth.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2022
• Tucked among leafy tree branches, caged macaws and cockatoos watched from above as children plunged their greasy hands into piles of fries.
  — Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024
• The girls, now grown, visit on the weekends, but the house is primarily home to the longtime couple and Lee’s beloved cockatoo.
  — Mackenzie Schmidt, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2023
• Now researchers find a cockatoo named Snowball can boogie with the best using a repertoire of 14 dance moves.
  — Roni Dengler, Discover Magazine, 8 July 2019
• Goffin’s cockatoos, long known as adept tool users, are the first parrots found to alter their food by dipping it in water.
  — Emily Anthes, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2023
• Researchers say that a cockatoo who became famous a decade ago for boogieing to the Backstreet Boys does more than just bob his head and lift his feet to the music.
  — Martin Finucane, BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2019
• But four of the family’s parakeets were killed, while nine others and a cockatoo survived.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2024
• Most of the 60 species of glass squid are clear, but deep-sea cockatoo squid also have color-creating chromatophores.
  — Liz Langley, National Geographic, 25 Mar. 2017
• The handsome, snow-white cockatoo Koki hobnobbed with them all.
  — Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Aug. 2022
• Allen’s own bird, an umbrella cockatoo named Toodles, grabbed the side of her cage and fanned her feathers to vie for attention.
  — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2023
• This year, the lab reported that cockatoos can use, recognize and transport a toolset.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023
• The three-in-one set creates a rabbit and carrot for some festive fun, and it can also be built into a cockatoo parrot or seal.
  — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2024
• Lio suggests a blond Prince Valiant in punk boots; Galo boasts an enviably fat-free angular physique and a cockatoo’s crest of blue hair.
  — Charles Solomon, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2019
• The original dancing cockatoo video has been viewed more than 10 million times.
  — Elizabeth Heath, Washington Post, 26 June 2020
• One model the team developed identifies the sound of the glossy black cockatoo, for example.
  — Rebecca Heilweil, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Aug. 2023
• Snowball is the dancing cockatoo who gained Internet fame via a video showing him bobbing in time to a Backstreet Boys song.
  — Eliza Strickland, Discover Magazine, 13 Apr. 2011
• Meet one of the internet's most entertaining and confident cockatoos, Harley, who just got a good look at herself for the first time.
  — Brittany Fuller, Woman's Day, 2 Dec. 2016
• Think: kangaroos, cockatoos, zebras, camels, to name a few.
  — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 25 May 2018
• The aging 8-meter statue, of a local species of cockatoo called the galah, marks a roughly midway point between the eastern and western coasts of Australia.
  — Jacqueline Williams, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2018
• In experiments, cockatoos have danced to music and video called other parrots.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 13 Oct 2024