cockatoo

Meaning of cockatoo

noun
  1. a parrot with an erectile crest, found in Australia, eastern Indonesia, and neighbouring islands.
  2. a small-scale farmer.
  3. a lookout posted by those engaged in illegal activity.
    he is alleged to act as cockatoo during these meetings

mid 17th century: from Dutch kaketoe, from Malay kakatua, the spelling influenced by cock1. cockatoo (sense 2 of the noun, sense 3 of the noun) date from the 19th century.

Information about cockatoo

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of cockatoo is: cockatoos.
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Hyphenation of cockatoo

cock-a-too

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
  • cockatoo is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

Translation of cockatoo

Words that rhyme with cockatoo

jacatoo, gnatoo, punatoo, wapatoo, ratoo, tatoo

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