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CACATUA

Dictionary entry overview: What does Cacatua mean?

• CACATUA (noun)
The noun CACATUA has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Psittacidae

Familiarity information: CACATUA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CACATUA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A genus of Psittacidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cacatua; genus Cacatua; genus Kakatoe; Kakatoe

Hypernyms ("Cacatua" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Cacatua"):

cockatoo (white or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds)

Holonyms ("Cacatua" is a member of...):

family Psittacidae; Psittacidae (coextensive with the order Psittaciformes)

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