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Definition of Cockatoo
1. Noun. White or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds.
Group relationships: Cacatua, Genus Cacatua, Genus Kakatoe, Kakatoe
Specialized synonyms: Cacatua Galerita, Kakatoe Galerita, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Kakatoe Leadbeateri, Pink Cockatoo
Definition of Cockatoo
1. n. A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily Cacatuinæ, 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.
Definition of Cockatoo
1. Noun. A bird of the family Cacatuidae with a curved beak and a zygodactyl foot. ¹
2. Noun. (slang obsolete) A lookout posted during a two-up game. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cockatoo
1. a parrot [n -TOOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cockatoo
Literary usage of Cockatoo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"Molucca cockatoo. P. Moluccensis. Enl. 498. White, with a slight rosy tint; ...
Molucca and Sumatra. lesser Sulphur-crested cockatoo. P. Sulfureus. Enl. 14. ..."
2. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"cockatoo, absurd tale concerning one, 136. Incredibly absurd tale of a ...
Discourse held with a cockatoo, 136. Invalid cockatoo, absurd tale about, 136. ..."
3. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"See cockatoo. 1833. C. Sturt,'Southern Australia,1 vol. i. Intro, p. xxxviii: "
Upon the branches the satin-bird, the gangan, and various kinds of pigeons ..."
4. The Bookworm: An Illustrated Treasury of Old-time Literature (1890)
"Discourse held with a cockatoo, 136. Incredibly absurd tale of a cockatoo ...
Mr. R and tale about a cockatoo, 136. Preposterous tale about a cockatoo, 136. ..."
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