- any of numerous large, noisy, crested parrots of the genera Cacatua, Callocephalon, Calyptorhynchus, etc., of the Australasian region, having chiefly white plumage tinged with yellow, pink, or red: popular as a pet.
- Australian.
- a person who owns and works a small farm or ranch.
- a lookout posted by criminals or the operators of illegal gambling games.
- any of various parrots of the genus Kakatoe and related genera, such as K. galerita (sulphur-crested cockatoo), of Australia and New Guinea. They have an erectile crest and most of them are light-coloured
- a small farmer or settler
- a lookout during some illegal activity
