cockatoo
cockatoo noun: a bird of the family Cacatuidae with a curved beak and a zygodactyl foot.
Noun
cockatoo (plural cockatoos)
- A bird of the family Cacatuidae with a curved beak and a zygodactyl foot.
- We saw some cockatoos in the aviary.
- A lookout posted during a two-up game, when gambling was illegal.
Proper noun capitalized: Cockatoo
Cockatoo
cockatoo meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Tagalog
cockatoo in Hindi
- a bird
- काकातुआ kākātuā, काकतुआ kāktuā
cockatoo in Tamil
- நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும்
cockatoo in Bengali
- a bird
- কাকাতুয়া kakatuẏa
cockatoo in Tagalog
- a bird
- kalangay
More languagesFewer languages
- cockatoo in Malay
- burung kakaktua, kakaktua
- cockatoo in Indonesian
- burung kakaktua, kakatua, burung kakatua
- cockatoo in Thai
- นกกระตั้ว nɔk kratúa, กระตั้ว kratúa
- cockatoo in Myanmar
- ကတ္တဝါ katta.wa
Synonyms of cockatoo
Forms of cockatoo
| plural | cockatoos |
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Origin of cockatoo
Borrowed from Dutch kaketoe, borrowed from Malay kakaktua. Spelling influenced by cock.
Words formed from cockatoo
- bare-eyed cockatoo
- black cockatoo
- blood-stained cockatoo
- casuarina cockatoo
- cockatoo apple
- cockatoo farmer
- cockatoo grass
- cockatoo parrot
- cockey
- cockie
- gang-gang cockatoo
- glossy black cockatoo
- Goffin's cockatoo
- Leadbeater's cockatoo
- Major Mitchell's cockatoo
- palm cockatoo
- pink and grey cockatoo
- pink cockatoo
- red-tailed black cockatoo
- roseate cockatoo
- rose-breasted cockatoo
- sulfur cockatoo
- sulfur-crested cockatoo
- sulphur cockatoo
- sulphur-crested cockatoo
- umbrella cockatoo
- white cockatoo
- yellow-crested cockatoo
- yellow-tailed black cockatoo
Phrases with cockatoo
Questions about cockatoo
- What does cockatoo mean?
- Cockatoo means a bird of the family Cacatuidae with a curved beak and a zygodactyl foot.
- What is cockatoo in Hindi?
- Cockatoo in Hindi is काकातुआ (kākātuā), काकतुआ (kāktuā). See Cockatoo meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cockatoo?
- Cockatoo can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of cockatoo?
- The plural of cockatoo is cockatoos.
Words near cockatoo in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cockatoo (page history and authors); Cockatoo (page history and authors); cockatoo (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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