| 单词 | cockatoo pet |
| 释义 | > as lemmascockatoo pet (a) In sense 1, as in cockatoo chick, cockatoo feather, cockatoo pet, etc. ΚΠ 1804 Lady's Mag. Feb. 63/1 This [sc. the red-crested cockatoo] is in general the largest of the cockatoo family, being nearly a foot and a half in length. 1888 D. V. Lucas Austral. & Homeward 78 The most beautiful of the cockatoo species is the corella, or, as he is called by some, ‘Leadbeater's cockatoo’. 1906 N. T. Thomas Natives of Austral. iv. 67 The Mara..use cockatoo feathers or the bright red, yellow, and green feathers of the mountain parakeet. 1954 ‘B. Poe’ Cage-bird Handbk. xi. 100 Some of the best-known cockatoo pets are the rose-crested cockatoo..and the leadbeater's cockatoo. 2012 Metro (Nexis) 30 Oct. 19 This cockatoo chick defied the odds—and immigration officials—to be born in Cornwall last week. < as lemmas |
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