Definition of Cockatoo

1. Noun. White or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds.


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. a parrot [n -TOOS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cockatoo

cockade
cockaded
cockades
cockade reaction
Cockaigne
cockalorum
cockalorums
cockamamie
cockamamy
cockapoo
cockapoos
cockateel
cockateels
cockatiel
cockatiels
cockatoo (current term)
cockatoos
cockatoo parrot
cockatrice
cockatrices
Cockayne
Cockayne's disease
Cockayne's syndrome
cockayne syndrome
cockbill
cockbilled
cockbilling
cockbills
cockbird
cockbirds

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