cockatoo
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 16
- Words With Friends
- 18
- Letters
- 8
Definition of cockatoo
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A bird of the family Cacatuidae with a curved beak and a zygodactyl foot.
“We saw some cockatoos in the aviary.”
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noun
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A bird of the family Cacatuidae with a curved beak and a zygodactyl foot.
“We saw some cockatoos in the aviary.”
- (obsolete, slang)A lookout posted during a two-up game, when gambling was illegal.
name
- A town in the Shire of Cardinia, central eastern Victoria, Australia
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Etymology
Etymology tree Malay kakaktuabor. Dutch kaketoebor. English cockatoo Borrowed from Dutch kaketoe, borrowed from Malay kakaktua. Spelling influenced by cock.
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