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COCKATOO

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

White or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("cockatoo" is a kind of...):

parrot (usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cockatoo"):

Cacatua galerita; Kakatoe galerita; sulphur-crested cockatoo (white cockatoo with a yellow erectile crest)

Kakatoe leadbeateri; pink cockatoo (white Australian cockatoo with roseate tinged plumage)

Holonyms ("cockatoo" is a member of...):

Cacatua; genus Cacatua; genus Kakatoe; Kakatoe (a genus of Psittacidae)

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