cockatoo

English

A cockatoo (1).

Etymology

From Malay burung kakaktua.

Noun

cockatoo (plural cockatoos)

A bird of the family Cacatuidae with a curved beak and a zygodactyl foot.
(slang, obsolete) A lookout posted during a two-up game, when gambling was illegal.

Synonyms

cocky

Derived terms

Translations

a bird

Bulgarian: какаду (kakadu)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鳳頭鸚鵡, 凤头鹦鹉 (fèngtóu yīngwǔ)
Czech: kakadu m
Dutch: kaketoe (nl)
Esperanto: kakatuo
Finnish: kakadu (fi)
French: cacatoès (fr) m
German: Kakadu (de) m
Greek: κακατόης m (kakatóis)
Hebrew: קקדו‎‎ (he) m
Hindi: काकातुआ m (kākātuā)
Hungarian: kakadu (hu)
Indonesian: burung kakaktua, kakatua (id), burung kakatua (id)
Irish: cocatú m
Italian: cacatua m

Japanese: 鸚鵡 (ja) (ōmu)
Javanese: jakatuwa
Macedonian: какаду n (kákadu)
Malay: burung kakaktua, kakaktua (ms)
Maori: kokatu, koketu
Polish: kakadu (pl) f
Portuguese: cacatua (pt) f
Romanian: cacadu m
Russian: какаду́ (ru) m (kakadú)
Spanish: cacatúa (es) f
Swedish: kakadua (sv) c
Tagalog: kalangay
Thai: นกกระตั้ว (nɔk kratúa), กระตั้ว (th) (kratúa)
Tok Pisin: koki
Volapük: kakad (vo), töpapapag (vo)
Welsh: cocatŵ m, cocatŵod m pl

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