English-Thai Dictionary
cockatoo
N นกช นิดหนึ่ง ตระกูล เดียว กับ นกแก้ว มี ถิ่นกำเนิด ใน ออสเตรเลีย nok-cha-nid-nueng-tra-kun-dial-kab-nok-kael-me-tin-kam-noed-nai-os-tre-lia
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
COCKATOO
Cock `a *too, n. Etym: [Malayan kakatua.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily Cacatuinæ, having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head ornamented with a crest, which can be raised or depressed at will. There are several genera and many species; as the broad-crested (Plictolophus, or Cacatua, cristatus ), the sulphur-crested (P. galeritus ), etc. The palm or great black cockatoo of Australia is Microglossus aterrimus. Cock "a *trice, n. Etym: [OF. cocatrice crocodile, F. cocatrix, cocatrice. The word is a corruption from the same source as E.crocodile, but was confused with cock the bird, F. coq, whence arose the fable that the animal was produced from a cock's egg. See Crocodile. ]
1. A fabulous serpent whose breath and look were said to be fatal. See Basilisk. That bare vowel, I, shall poison more Than the death-darting eye of cockatrice. Shak.
2. (Her. )
Defn: A representation of this serpent. It has the head, wings, and legs of a bird, and tail of a serpent.
3. (Script. )
Defn: A venomous serpent which which cannot now be identified. The weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's
Note: [Rev. Ver. basilisk's ] den. Is. xi. 8.
4. Any venomous or deadly thing. This little cockatrice of a king. Bacon.
New American Oxford Dictionary
cockatoo
cock a too |ˈkäkəˌto͞o ˈkɑkəˌtu | ▶noun a parrot with an erectile crest, found in Australia, eastern Indonesia, and neighboring islands. [Family Cacatuidae (or Psittacidae ): several genera and numerous species, including the sulfur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita ).] ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Dutch kaketoe, from Malay kakatua, the spelling influenced by cock 1 .
Oxford Dictionary
cockatoo
cockatoo |kɒkəˈtuː | ▶noun 1 a parrot with an erectile crest, found in Australia, eastern Indonesia, and neighbouring islands. ●Family Cacatuidae (or Psittacidae ): several genera and numerous species. 2 Austral. /NZ informal a small-scale farmer. 3 Austral. /NZ informal a lookout posted by those engaged in illegal activity. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Dutch kaketoe, from Malay kakatua, the spelling influenced by cock 1. Sense 2, sense 3 date from the 19th cent.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
cockatoo
cock a too /kɑ̀kətúː |kɔ̀k -, -́--̀ /名詞 複 ～, ～s C 1 〘鳥 〙バタン 〘オーストラリアなどに生息する冠羽のあるオウム類 〙.2 ｟豪 ｠小農場主 .
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