cockatoos

Meaning of cockatoos

plural noun
  1. a parrot with an erectile crest, found in Australia, eastern Indonesia, and neighbouring islands.
  2. a small-scale farmer.
  3. a lookout posted by those engaged in illegal activity.
    he is alleged to act as cockatoo during these meetings

mid 17th century: from Dutch kaketoe, from Malay kakatua, the spelling influenced by cock1. cockatoo (sense 2 of the noun, sense 3 of the noun) date from the 19th century.

Information about cockatoos

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of cockatoos is: cockatoo.
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Hyphenation of cockatoos

cock-a-toos

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • cockatoos is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

Words that rhyme with cockatoos

ratoos, tatoos, wapatoos, metoos, Gentoos, gentoos, potoos, cuttoos, tattoos

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