| 单词 | cockatoo |
| 释义 | cockatoo /kok"euh tooh', kok'euh tooh"/, n. , pl. cockatoos. 1. any of numerous large, noisy, crested parrots of the genera Cacatua, Callocephalon, Calyptorhynchus, etc., of the Australasian region, having chiefly white plumage tinged with yellow, pink, or red: popular as a pet. 2. Australian. a. a person who owns and works a small farm or ranch. b. Slang. a lookout posted by criminals or the operators of illegal gambling games. [1610-20; < D kaketoe < Malay kakatua, perh. etymologizing alter. of Central Moluccan jaka any psittacine bird, by assoc. with Malay kakak sibling, kakak tua older sibling); sp. copies COCK1] |
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