white cockatoo
Britishnoun
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The modest back house has been home not just to Ruiz but her husband and son, the couple’s four dogs and two tropical birds — Ludina the macaw and Sofia, a white cockatoo.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2023
Sometimes, he would be accompanied by a white cockatoo, Fred, who was his sidekick on “Baretta,” which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978.
From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2023
The artist Joseph Cornell once requested a picture of a street urchin with a white cockatoo.
From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2021
Gucci’s Paris show demonstrated its conversation-starting savvy: A model walked the runway with a large white cockatoo named Kiki sitting on her shoulder.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 26, 2018
He was attired in a brief dressing-gown, and on his shoulder sat, like an angry ghost, a large white cockatoo.
From Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Ross, Martin
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