Meaning Of The Word Cockatoo

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cockatoo
countable noun: A cockatoo is a kind of parrot from Australia or New Guinea which has a bunch of feathers called a crest on its head.

cockatoo in American English
any of a number of crested parrots (esp. genus Cacatua) of Australia and the East Indies, usually with predominantly white plumage, often tinged with yellow or pink
noun: 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 red: popular as a pet

cockatoo in British English
noun: any of various parrots of the genus Kakatoe and related genera, such as K. galerita (sulphur-crested cockatoo), of Australia and New Guinea. They have an erectile crest and most of them are light-coloured

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