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Cockatoo

Cockatoo Meaning & Definition
Cockatoo Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cockatoo?

[n] white or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds

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See Also | Cacatua | Cacatua galerita | genus Cacatua | genus Kakatoe | Kakatoe | Kakatoe galerita | Kakatoe leadbeateri | parrot | pink cockatoo | sulphur-crested cockatoo

Cockatoo In Webster's Dictionary

\Cock`a*too\, 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 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}.

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