cockatoo
English edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch kaketoe, borrowed from Malay kakaktua, kakatua. Spelling influenced by cock.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (AU) (file)
Noun edit
cockatoo (plural cockatoos)
- A bird of the family Cacatuidae with a curved beak and a zygodactyl foot. [from 1610s]
- We saw some cockatoos in the aviary.
- (slang, obsolete) A lookout posted during a two-up game, when gambling was illegal.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- bare-eyed cockatoo
- black cockatoo
- blood-stained cockatoo
- casuarina cockatoo
- cockatoo apple
- cockatoo farmer
- cockatoo grass
- cockatoo parrot
- gang-gang cockatoo
- glossy black cockatoo
- Goffin's cockatoo
- Leadbeater's cockatoo
- Major Mitchell's cockatoo
- palm cockatoo
- pink cockatoo
- red-tailed black cockatoo
- roseate cockatoo
- sulfur cockatoo
- sulfur-crested cockatoo
- sulphur cockatoo
- sulphur-crested cockatoo
- white cockatoo
- yellow-crested cockatoo
- yellow-tailed black cockatoo
Descendants edit
- → Irish: cocatú
- → Maori: kokatu, koketu
Translations edit
a bird
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See also edit
Further reading edit
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “cockatoo”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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