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noun white or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds
originEtymology tree Malay kakaktuabor. Dutch kaketoebor. English cockatoo Borrowed from Dutch kaketoe, borrowed from Malay kakaktua. Spelling influenced by cock.
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