单词 | sulphur cockatoo |
释义 | > as lemmassulphur cockatoo sulphur cockatoo n. (also sulphur-crested cockatoo) a white cockatoo, Kakatoe galerita, with a yellow crest, native to Australia. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Psittaciformes (parrots, etc.) > [noun] > cockatoo > types of sulphur cockatoo1811 rose cockatoo1829 gang-gang1833 Leadbeater's cockatoo1848 galah1862 Major Mitchell1898 1811 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. VIII. ii. 480 Smaller *Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Psittacus sulphureus. 1893 F. F. Moore I forbid Banns 73 Did you ever hear a real sulphur cockatoo in its own woods, mister? 1908 E. J. Banfield Confessions of Beachcomber i. i. 17 Sulphur-crested cockatoos sail down upon the red raiment of the tree. 1963 Times 8 June 14/3 Probably the most talkative..is one of the four sulphur-crested cockatoos. < as lemmas |
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