cockatoo

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Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
18
Letters
8

Definition of cockatoo

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. 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

  1. A bird of the family Cacatuidae with a curved beak and a zygodactyl foot.
    “We saw some cockatoos in the aviary.”
  2. (obsolete, slang)A lookout posted during a two-up game, when gambling was illegal.

name

  1. 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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