cockatoo
- IPA[ˌkɒkəˈtuː]
英式
- a parrot with an erectile crest, found in Australia, eastern Indonesia, and neighbouring islands.；a small-scale farmer.
noun: cockatoo, plural noun: cockatoos
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名詞
- 1. a parrot with an erectile crest, found in Australia, eastern Indonesia, and neighbouring islands.
- 2. Australian, New Zealand informal a small-scale farmer.
- 3. Australian, New Zealand informal a lookout posted by those engaged in illegal activity he is alleged to act as cockatoo during these meetings
- an improvised fence made from logs and branches: the wall had replaced an old cockatoo fence I remembered in my childhood
Oxford Dictionary
- a poor farmer: a belt-tightening diet worse than that of the poorest stringybark cockatoo
Oxford Dictionary
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- IPA[ˈkäkəˌto͞o]
美式
- a parrot with an erectile crest, found in Australia, eastern Indonesia, and neighboring islands.
Oxford American Dictionary
