Associations to the word «Cockatoo»

Wiktionary

COCKATOO, noun. A bird of the family Cacatuidae with a curved beak and a zygodactyl foot.
COCKATOO, noun. (slang) (obsolete) A lookout posted during a two-up game.
COCKATOO FARMER, noun. (Australia) (derogatory) (obsolete) A small-scale farmer.
COCKATOO FARMERS, noun. Plural of cockatoo farmer

Dictionary definition

COCKATOO, noun. White or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats