Definition of cockatoo
English to English noun - white or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds
source: WordNet 3.0 - 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.
source: Webster 1913
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cockatoo, cocket, coat, cocked hat, cockhead, chatwood, cockaded, cockshut, coati, cocuswood, cocoswood, cockshead, coaita, cahoot, coated, coatee, cat, cot, costate, cocteau
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