how to pronounce cockatoo

/ˈkɑːkəˌtu/

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cockatoo is pronounced in three syllables

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meanings of cockatoo

noun:

A lookout posted during a two-up game, when gambling was illegal.
A bird of the family Cacatuidae with a curved beak and a zygodactyl foot.

cockatoo frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word cockatoo occurs in english on average 0.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics cockatoo can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that cockatoo can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;