cockatoo
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cockatoos, plural;
/ˈkäkəˌto͞o/,
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cockatoos, plural;
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A parrot with an erectile crest, found in Australia, eastern Indonesia, and neighboring islands
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- white or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds
- A cockatoo is any of the 21 species belonging to the bird family Cacatuidae. Along with the Psittacidae (the true parrots) and the Strigopidae (the large New Zealand parrots), they make up the parrot order Psittaciformes. ...
- Cockatoo is a town in Victoria, Australia, 48 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Cardinia. At the 2006 Census, Cockatoo had a population of 4560.
- A bird of the family Cacatuidae with a curved beak and a zygodactyl foot; A lookout posted during a two-up game
- A look-out man who keeps guard while illegal activities take place; also a native bird
- Exceptionally high-spirited, adventurous type of roisterer. Can impose himself on an intimate 'cock-a-deux' to form a ménage a trois, and can turn a difficult evening into an impossible one by moving things round a restaurant, re-arranging flowers etc.