Editing Cockatoo (section)

==Etymology==
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The word cockatoo dates from the 17th century and is derived from [[Dutch language|Dutch]] ''kaketoe'', which in turn is from  the [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]]/[[Malay language|Malay]] ''kakatua''. Seventeenth-century variants include cacato, cockatoon and crockadore, and cokato, cocatore and {{not a typo|cocatoo}} were used in the 18th century.<ref name="OED">{{cite encyclopedia|title=cockatoo|encyclopedia=Oxford English Dictionary|editor1=J. Simpson |editor2=E. Weiner |year=1989|edition=2nd|location=Oxford|publisher=Clarendon Press|isbn = 978-0-19-861186-8}}</ref><ref name="Mynott">{{Cite book|last=Mynott|first=Jeremy |title=Birdscapes: Birds in Our Imagination and Experience|publisher=Princeton University Press|location=Princeton, New Jersey|year=2009 |page=319|isbn=978-0-691-13539-7}}</ref> The derivation has also been used for the family and [[genus|generic]] names Cacatuidae and ''Cacatua'', respectively.<ref>{{Cite book|title= Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Volume 4: Parrots to Dollarbird |editor= Higgins, Peter Jeffrey |year= 1999 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location= Melbourne |isbn= 978-0-19-553071-1|page=127|title-link= Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds }}</ref>

In [[Australian English vocabulary|Australian slang]] or vernacular speech, a person who is assigned to keep watch while others undertake clandestine or illegal activities, particularly gambling, may be referred to as a "cockatoo".<ref name = "HBW"/> Proprietors of small agricultural undertakings are often jocularly or slightly disparagingly referred to as "cocky farmers".<ref name="NewsRadio">{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/newsradio/txt/s1434326.htm|author=Richards, Kel|author-link=Kel Richards|title=ABC NewsRadio: wordwatch, Cockatoo|website=ABC website|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=20 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516005432/http://www.abc.net.au/newsradio/txt/s1434326.htm|archive-date=16 May 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>