cockatoo

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Noun

cockatoo (plural cockatoos)

1. A bird of the family Cacatuidae with a curved beak and a zygodactyl foot. [from 1610s]
2. (slang, obsolete) A lookout posted during a two-up game, when gambling was illegal.

Synonyms

• cocky

Translations

• French: cacatoès
• German: Kakadu
• Italian: cacatua
• Portuguese: cacatua
• Russian: какаду́
• Spanish: cacatúa

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