Australian English Meaning of cockatoo

cockatoo

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Wordnet

cockatoo (n)

white or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds

Webster

cockatoo (n.)

A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily Cacatuinae, 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, / Cacatua, cristatus), the sulphur-crested (P. galeritus), etc. The palm or great black cockatoo of Australia is Microglossus aterrimus.

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cockatoo

white or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birdsA bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily Cacatuinae, having a short

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