raafkaketoe

Dutch

Etymology

From raaf (“raven”) +‎ kaketoe (“cockatoo”). So-named because these cockatoos are black or nearly black of plumage, like a raven.

Noun

raafkaketoe m (plural raafkaketoes, diminutive raafkaketoetje n)

1. A black cockatoo; any cockatoo of the genera Calyptorhynchus or Zanda

Derived terms

• bruine raafkaketoe
• geeloograafkaketoe
• kortsnavelraafkaketoe
• langsnavelraafkaketoe
• roodstaartraafkaketoe

Further reading

• raafkaketoe on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl