cockatoo

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noun

A bird of the family Cacatuidae with a curved beak and a zygodactyl foot.

“We saw some cockatoos in the aviary.”

Similar
cocky
OriginDutch kaketoe ← Malay kakaktua →
UncommonFirst used 1610sScrabble 16
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Meanings

cockatoo1

nouncockatoo (plural cockatoos)

plural cockatoos

  1. A bird of the family Cacatuidae with a curved beak and a zygodactyl foot.First known use 1610s

    We saw some cockatoos in the aviary.

  2. obsoleteslangA lookout posted during a two-up game, when gambling was illegal.

Cockatoo2

proper noun
  1. A town in the Shire of Cardinia, central eastern Victoria, Australia

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
cocky
Also see
cocky

Origin

  1. Malaykakaktua
  2. Dutchkaketoe
  3. Englishcockatoo

Borrowed from Dutch kaketoe, borrowed from Malay kakaktua. Spelling influenced by cock.

More words from Dutch

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Translations

Bengali কাকাতুয়া
  • কাকাতুয়া (kakatuẏa)a bird
Bulgarian какаду
  • какаду (kakadu)a bird
Catalan cacatua
  • cacatuaa bird
Chinese Cantonese 鳳頭鸚鵡 /凤头鹦鹉
  • 鳳頭鸚鵡 /凤头鹦鹉 (fung⁶ tau⁴ jing¹ mou⁵)a bird
Chinese Mandarin 鳳頭鸚鵡 /凤头鹦鹉
  • 鳳頭鸚鵡 /凤头鹦鹉 (fèngtóu yīngwǔ)a bird
Czech kakadu
  • kakadua bird
Danish kakadue
  • kakaduea bird
Dutch kaketoe
  • kaketoea bird
Esperanto kakatuo
  • kakatuoa bird
Finnish kakadu
  • kakadua bird
French cacatoès
  • cacatoèsa bird
German Kakadu
  • Kakadua bird
Greek κακατόης
  • κακατόης (kakatóis)a bird
Hebrew קקדו
  • קקדוa bird
Hindi काकातुआ, काकतुआ
  • काकातुआ (kākātuā)a bird
  • काकतुआ (kāktuā)a bird
Hungarian kakadu
  • kakadua bird
Indonesian burung kakaktua, kakatua
  • burung kakaktuaa bird
  • kakatuaa bird
  • burung kakatuaa bird
Irish cocatú
  • cocatúa bird
Italian cacatua
  • cacatuaa bird
Japanese 鸚鵡
  • 鸚鵡 (ōmu)a bird
Malay burung kakaktua, kakaktua
  • burung kakaktuaa bird
  • kakaktuaa bird
Māori kokatu, koketu
  • kokatua bird
  • koketua bird
Norwegian Bokmål kakadu, kakadue
  • kakadua bird
  • kakaduea bird
Polish kakadu
  • kakadua bird
Portuguese cacatua, catatua
  • cacatuaa bird
  • catatuaa bird
Romanian cacadu
  • cacadua bird
Russian какаду́
  • какаду́ (kakadú)a bird
Spanish cacatúa
  • cacatúaa bird
Swedish kakadua
  • kakaduaa bird
Tagalog kalangay
  • kalangaya bird
Thai นกกระตั้ว, กระตั้ว
  • นกกระตั้ว (nɔk kratúa)a bird
  • กระตั้ว (kratúa)a bird
Turkish kakadu
  • kakadua bird
Welsh cocatŵ
  • cocatŵa bird
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