cockatoo

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

cacatoès

cacatuinae

guenon

cageot

Synonymes

black

cocky

parrakeet

parrot

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parrots

pliers

white

sulphur-crested cockatoo

cacatuina

cacatuinae

white cockatoo

corella

Traductions

cacatúa

Kakadu

cacatua

kaketoe

kakadu

cacatoa

cacatua

cacatuidae

κακατόης

kaketoes

Cacatuidae

catatua

estupor

Cacatua

Étymologie (Anglais)

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