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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 cock·a·too /ˈkɑkəˌtu/
 美冠鸚鵡

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cock·a·too n.  Zool. 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 cockatoo (Plictolophus cristatus or  Cacatua cristatus), the sulphur-crested (Cacatua galerita or Plictolophus galeritus), etc. The palm cockatoo or great black cockatoo of Australia is Probosciger aterrimus (formerly Microglossus aterrimus).
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 cockatoo
      n : white or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian
          region; often kept as cage birds