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1. White or light-coloured crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds

1. Overly self-confident or self-assertive
   "a very cockatoo young man"
   - cocky [Austral]

Derived forms: cockatoos

See also: assertive, self-asserting, self-assertive

Type of: parrot

Part of: Cacatua, genus Cacatua, genus Kakatoe, Kakatoe

Encyclopedia: Cockatoo Cockatoo, Victoria