English Explanatory Dictionary

cockatoo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bird of the family Cacatuidae with a curved beak and a zygodactyl foot.
  2. A lookout posted during a two-up game, when gambling was illegal.
name
  1. A town in the Shire of Cardinia, central eastern Victoria, Australia

Pronunciation

En-au-cockatoo.ogg

Word forms

cockatoo cockatoos

Etymology

Etymology tree Malay kakaktuabor. Dutch kaketoebor. English cockatoo Borrowed from Dutch kaketoe, borrowed from Malay kakaktua. Spelling influenced by cock.

Synonyms

cocky

Related words

cockatiel corella galah Psittacidae

Derived words

bare-eyed cockatoo black cockatoo blood-stained cockatoo casuarina cockatoo cockatoo apple cockatoo farmer cockatoo grass cockatoo parrot cockey cockie gang-gang cockatoo glossy black cockatoo Goffin's cockatoo Leadbeater's cockatoo Major Mitchell's cockatoo palm cockatoo pink and grey cockatoo pink cockatoo red-tailed black cockatoo roseate cockatoo rose-breasted cockatoo sulfur cockatoo sulfur-crested cockatoo sulphur cockatoo sulphur-crested cockatoo umbrella cockatoo white cockatoo yellow-crested cockatoo yellow-tailed black cockatoo
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