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Showing words for COCKATOO using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Cockatoo

cockatoo

5 Letter Words for Cockatoo

acock, coact, cocao, cocoa

4 Letter Words for Cockatoo

acct, atoc, atok, cack, coak, coat, coca, cock, coco, coct, cook, coot, coto, kota, koto, octa, okta, tack, taco, tock, toco, toko, took

3 Letter Words for Cockatoo

acc, ack, act, ako, cat, coo, cot, cto, kat, koa, oak, oat, oca, ock, oct, oka, oot, otc, oto, tak, tao, tck, tko, toa, toc, too

Definitions for Cockatoo

[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 person who owns and works a small farm or ranch. Slang . a lookout posted by criminals or the operators of illegal gambling games.
[3] any of various parrots of the genus Kakatoe and related genera, such as K. galerita (sulphur-crested cockatoo ), of Australia and New Guinea. They have an erectile crest and most of them are light-coloured
[4] Australian and NZ a small farmer or settler
[5] Australian informal a lookout during some illegal activity

Words nearby Cockatoo

cockaigne, cockalorum, cockamamie, cockapoo, cockatiel, cockatoo, cockatrice, cockayne, cockayne's syndrome, cockboat, cockchafer

Origin of Cockatoo

1610–20; < Dutch kaketoe < Malay kakatua, perhaps etymologizing alteration of Central Moluccan jaka any psittacine bird, by association with Malay kakak sibling, kakak tua older sibling); spelling copies cock1

Word origin for Cockatoo

C17: from Dutch kaketoe, from Malay kakatua