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Definition of: cockatoo
(kok′ə·t′, kok′ə·t) noun plural ·toos
Any of various, bright-colored, crested parrots of the East Indies or Australia, especially one of the genus Kakatoë. [<Du. kaketoe <Malay kākatūa; infl. in form by COCK]
(About 12 inches tall)
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