Meaning of COCKATOO
| Pronunciation: | | 'kâku`too
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| | Definition: | | [n] white or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds |
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| | See Also: | | Cacatua, Cacatua galerita, genus Cacatua, genus Kakatoe, Kakatoe, Kakatoe galerita, Kakatoe leadbeateri, parrot, pink cockatoo, sulphur-crested cockatoo | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Cock`a*too\, n. [Malayan kakat[=u]a.] (Zo["o]l.)
A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily {Cacatuin[ae]},
having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head
ornamented with a crest, which can be raised or depressed at
will. There are several genera and many species; as the
broad-crested ({Plictolophus, or Cacatua, cristatus}), the
sulphur-crested ({P. galeritus}), etc. The palm or great
black cockatoo of Australia is {Microglossus aterrimus}.
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