cockatoo

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a parrot of the family Cacatuidae, typically having a prominent movable crest

   A white cockatoo raised its yellow crest and gave a piercing call.

Borrowed through Dutch kaketoe from Malay kakatua, the bird's name. The English spelling was reshaped under the influence of cock, although the words are not historically related.

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