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.

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Etymologie (Engels)

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

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