cockatoo

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A bird of the family Cacatuidae with a curved beak and a zygodactyl foot.
    — We saw some cockatoos in the aviary.
  2. A lookout posted during a two-up game, when gambling was illegal. obsolete,slang

词形变化

cockatoos plural

词汇关系

近义词
cocky
衍生词
bare-eyed cockatoo black cockatoo blood-stained cockatoo casuarina cockatoo cockatoo apple cockatoo farmer cockatoo grass cockatoo parrot cockey cockie gang-gang cockatoo glossy black cockatoo Goffin's cockatoo Leadbeater's cockatoo Major Mitchell's cockatoo palm cockatoo pink and grey cockatoo pink cockatoo red-tailed black cockatoo roseate cockatoo rose-breasted cockatoo sulfur cockatoo sulfur-crested cockatoo sulphur cockatoo sulphur-crested cockatoo umbrella cockatoo white cockatoo yellow-crested cockatoo yellow-tailed black cockatoo
相关词
cockatiel corella galah Psittacidae

词源

Etymology tree
Malay kakaktuabor.
Dutch kaketoebor.
English cockatoo
Borrowed from Dutch kaketoe, borrowed from Malay kakaktua. Spelling influenced by cock.
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