- cockatoo
- noun (plural -toos) Etymology: Dutch kaketoe, from Malay kakatua Date: 1634 any of various large noisy chiefly Australasian crested parrots (family Cacatuidae and especially genus Cacatua)
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Cockatoo — Cock a*too (k[o^]k [.a]*t[=oo] ), n. [Malayan kakat[=u]a.] (Zo[ o]l.) A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily {Cacatuin[ae]}, having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head ornamented with a crest, which can be raised or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cockatoo — fue un cohete sonda australiano de dos etapas propulsado por combustible sólido y utilizado a principios de los años 1970. Eran lanzados desde Woomera y consistía en una primera etapa Gosling I británica y una segunda etapa Lupus 1 australiana.… … Wikipedia Español
cockatoo — 1610s, from Du. kaketoe, from Malay kakatua, possibly echoic, or from kakak elder brother or sister + tua old. Also cockatiel (1880), from Du. dim. kaketielje (1850), which is perhaps influenced by Portuguese. Spelling influenced by COCK (Cf.… … Etymology dictionary
cockatoo — ► NOUN ▪ a parrot with an erectile crest. ORIGIN Dutch kaketoe, from Malay … English terms dictionary
cockatoo — [käk′ə to͞o΄, käk΄ə to͞o′] n. pl. cockatoos [Du kaketoe < Malay kakatua; prob. echoic in orig., but < ? kakak, brother, sister + tua, old; sp. infl. by COCK1] any of a number of crested parrots (esp. genus Cacatua) of Australia and the East … English World dictionary
Cockatoo — For other uses, see Cockatoo (disambiguation). Cockatoo … Wikipedia
cockatoo — /kok euh tooh , kok euh tooh /, n., pl. cockatoos. 1. any of numerous large, noisy, crested parrots of the genera Cacatua, Callocephalon, Calyptorhynchus, etc., of the Australasian region, having chiefly white plumage tinged with yellow, pink, or … Universalium
cockatoo — I. /kɒkəˈtu / (say kokuh tooh) noun 1. any of various large gregarious parrots of the family Cacatuidae, of Australia, New Guinea and eastern Indonesia, having powerful hooked bills, erectile crests, and loud screeching calls; many species are… …
cockatoo — UK [ˌkɒkəˈtuː] / US [ˈkɑkəˌtu] noun [countable] Word forms cockatoo : singular cockatoo plural cockatoos a large light coloured Australian bird with a crest of feathers on its head. A cockatoo is a type of parrot … English dictionary
Cockatoo — /kɒkəˈtu/ (say kokuh tooh) Australian History –noun Also, Cockatoo Islander. 1. a. a convict serving a sentence on Cockatoo Island. b. an ex convict who had served such a sentence. –adjective 2. of or relating to such a convict or ex convict: an… …
