How to Use cockatoo in a Sentence
cockatoo
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That largely is gone, as is most of the home of the glossy black cockatoo.
—oregonlive, 16 Jan. 2020
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The Goffin’s cockatoo is the handyman of the avian kingdom.
—Byvirginia Morell, science.org, 10 Feb. 2023
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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
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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
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Their homes at one point housed 34 cats, a dog, two gerbils, and a cockatoo between them.
—Longreads, 10 Mar. 2021
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Ever wondered what the world looks like through a cockatoo's eyes?
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, 7 June 2018
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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
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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
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That life is corrosion and decay, blossoms and smiles, the squawk of a cockatoo.
—New York Times, 6 Sep. 2021
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The artist Joseph Cornell once requested a picture of a street urchin with a white cockatoo.
—New York Times, 3 Aug. 2021
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Shaun White, and posed for photos with an umbrella cockatoo and a sloth.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2022
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The handsome, snow-white cockatoo Koki hobnobbed with them all.
—Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Aug. 2022
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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
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This year, the lab reported that cockatoos can use, recognize and transport a toolset.
—Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023
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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
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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
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The original dancing cockatoo video has been viewed more than 10 million times.
—Elizabeth Heath, Washington Post, 26 June 2020
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One model the team developed identifies the sound of the glossy black cockatoo, for example.
—Rebecca Heilweil, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Aug. 2023
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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
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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
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Think: kangaroos, cockatoos, zebras, camels, to name a few.
—Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 25 May 2018
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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
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In experiments, cockatoos have danced to music and video called other parrots.
—Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023
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