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cock⋅a⋅too

  [kok-uh-too, kok-uh-too]
–noun, plural -toos.
1. 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.
2. Australian.
a. a person who owns and works a small farm or ranch.
b. Slang. a lookout posted by criminals or the operators of illegal gambling games.
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1610–20; < D kaketoe < Malay kakatua, perh. etymologizing alter. of Central Moluccan jaka any psittacine bird, by assoc. with Malay kakak sibling, kakak tua older sibling); sp. copies cock 1
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cock·a·too   (kŏk'ə-tōō')   
n.   pl. cock·a·toos
Any of various large parrots, especially of the genus Kakatoe of Australia and adjacent areas, characterized by a long erectile crest.

[Dutch kaketoe, from Malay kakatua.]
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cockatoo 
1616, from Du. kaketoe, from Malay kakatua, possibly echoic, or from kakak "elder brother or sister" + tua "old." Also cockatiel (1880), from Du. dim. kaketielje (1850), which is perhaps influenced by Portuguese.
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