cockatoo

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Sinonieme

black

cocky

parrakeet

parrot

🦜

parrots

pliers

white

sulphur-crested cockatoo

cacatuina

cacatuinae

white cockatoo

corella

Vertalings

cacatúa

cacatoès

Kakadu

kaketoe

cacatua

cacatua

cacatuidae

cacatuinae

cacatoa

kakadu

catatua

kaketoes

κακατόης

Cacatuidae

Etimologie (Engels)

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