cockatoo

/kok-uh-too, kok-uh-too/US // ˈkɒk əˌtu, ˌkɒk əˈtu //UK // (ˌkɒkəˈtuː, ˈkɒkəˌtuː) //

鹦鹉,凤头鹦鹉,鹦鹉学舌,凤头犬

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural cock·a·toos.
- : 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.
- : 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.

Wickham says this is “fabulous news for this large, quiet and beautiful cockatoo,” which just 20 years before had numbered only 110 individuals.
The doves were cooing and fluttering in the cornices and the cockatoo was preening his lemon colored topknot.
And we had pets; I remember I once caught a live cockatoo, and trained him to help me in my hunting expeditions.
Sentinel Cockatoo, however, was caught napping, and the garrison of the bower had to run for it.
This is about the size of the great white cockatoo; the length twenty-two inches.
I wish she had not thrust herself in,” said Bessie, “to prevent me from getting on with the child over the cockatoo.