cacatua
IPA: kˈækʌtʃuʌ
Root Word: Cacatua
noun
- a genus of cockatoos found from the Philippines and Wallacea east to the Solomon Islands and south to Australia.
- a subgenus of the white cockatoos (genus Cacatua).
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Examples of "cacatua" in Sentences
- You certainly belong to the ancient and honorable race which is called in Latin cacatua, in the language of the learned kakatoës, and in the vulgar tongue cockatoo.
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