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sulphur-crested cockatoo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.30 in modern English

Syllables
sul-phur-crest-ed -cock-a-too
IPA
38
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
7
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large Australian cockatoo, Cacatua galerita, with a yellow erectile crest.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

sulphur-crested cockatoos (plural) sulfur-crested cockatoo (alternative)

Synonyms

kakatoe galerita cacatua galerita

Questions

What does sulphur-crested cockatoo mean?
A large Australian cockatoo, Cacatua galerita, with a yellow erectile crest.

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