cockatoo
n. பெரிய சூட்டுடைய ஆஸ்திரேலிய நாட்டுக் கிளி, சிறு குடியானவன்.
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.