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Cockatoo

name, noun, slang

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A town in the Shire of Cardinia, central eastern Victoria, Australia
Noun
  1. 1
    A bird of the family Cacatuidae with a curved beak and a zygodactyl foot.

    "We saw some cockatoos in the aviary."

  2. 2
    white or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds wordnet
  3. 3
    A lookout posted during a two-up game, when gambling was illegal. obsolete, slang

Etymology

From Dutch kaketoe, borrowed from Malay kakaktua, kakatua. Spelling influenced by cock.

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