Cockatoo
[kɒkə'tuː] or ['kɑkə'tʊ]
Definition
(noun.) white or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds.
Inputed by Elisabeth--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily Cacatuinae, having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head ornamented with a crest, which can be raised or depressed at will. There are several genera and many species; as the broad-crested (Plictolophus, / Cacatua, cristatus), the sulphur-crested (P. galeritus), etc. The palm or great black cockatoo of Australia is Microglossus aterrimus.
Checker: Lyman
Definition
n. a popular name for several genera and species of parrots.
Checker: Raymond
Examples
- Some of these he has left on the Continent, but he has brought with him to this house a cockatoo, two canary-birds, and a whole family of white mice. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The cockatoo, a most vicious and treacherous bird towards every one else, absolutely seems to love him. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Cockatoo of transcendent plumage: attraction, of himself, to all visitors of taste. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- My cockatoo, my canaries, and my little mice--who will cherish them when their good Papa is gone? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I will offer my canaries and my cockatoo to this vast Metropolis--my agent shall present them in my name to the Zoological Gardens of London. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The canaries and the cockatoo were probably in some other room. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The Count had finished his fourth tart, and had gone to a side-table to look after his vicious cockatoo. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
Typist: Sol