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CACATUA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cacatua mean? 

CACATUA (noun)
  The noun CACATUA has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Psittacidaeplay

  Familiarity information: CACATUA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CACATUA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Psittacidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cacatua; genus Cacatua; genus Kakatoe; Kakatoe

Hypernyms ("Cacatua" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Cacatua"):

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

Holonyms ("Cacatua" is a member of...):

family Psittacidae; Psittacidae (coextensive with the order Psittaciformes)


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