资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Arara \A*ra"ra\, n. [Native name.] (Zo["o]l.)
The palm (or great black) cockatoo, of Australia
({Microglossus aterrimus}).
Cockatoo \Cock`a*too\, n. [Malayan kakat[=u]a.] (Zo["o]l.)
A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily {Cacatuin[ae]},
having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head
ornamented with a crest, which can be raised or depressed at
will. There are several genera and many species; as the
broad-crested ({Plictolophus, or Cacatua, cristatus}), the
sulphur-crested ({P. galeritus}), etc. The palm or great
black cockatoo of Australia is {Microglossus aterrimus}.