COCKATOO
Dictionary entry overview: What does cockatoo mean? • COCKATOO (noun)
The noun COCKATOO has 1 sense:
1. white or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds
Familiarity information: COCKATOO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• COCKATOO (noun)
Meaning:
White or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("cockatoo" is a kind of...):
parrot (usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cockatoo"):
Cacatua galerita; Kakatoe galerita; sulphur-crested cockatoo (white cockatoo with a yellow erectile crest)
Kakatoe leadbeateri; pink cockatoo (white Australian cockatoo with roseate tinged plumage)
Holonyms ("cockatoo" is a member of...):
Cacatua; genus Cacatua; genus Kakatoe; Kakatoe (a genus of Psittacidae)
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