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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cockatoo \Cock`a*too\, n. [Malayan kakat[=u]a.] (Zo["o]l.)
A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily {Cacatuin[ae]},
having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head
ornamented with a crest, which can be raised or depressed at
will There are several genera and many species; as the
broad-crested ({Plictolophus, or Cacatua, cristatus}), the
sulphur-crested ({P. galeritus}), etc The palm or great
black cockatoo of Australia is {Microglossus aterrimus}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
cockatoo
n : white or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian
region; often kept as cage birds
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