The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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After intercepting an illegal shipment of pink-breasted cockatoos from Australia, they needed to find the birds a new home.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Birds are all across the board, really smart, but Goffin’s cockatoos are very zoomy.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2025
The cockatoos sometimes devoted considerable time and energy to the task, actively transporting the rusk to water and then waiting for it to soften.
From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2023
But you could walk around, and you could hold your hand out and they would come … there were macaws and cockatoos, they were just wonderful.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2023
“Brothers, sisters? Cats, cockatoos, hobbies? Where are you from?”
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
