Cockade
a plume of cock's feathers their caps. A bow of colored ribbon was during the French revolution the triwith which the Croats in the service of the French in the 17th century adorned COCKADE, a plume of cock's feathers colored cockade-red, white, and bluethe French in the 17th century adorned became the National distinction. Naadopted for the cockade in France, and aurin tional cockades are now to be found over plants, including the horse-radish and all Europe.
COCKATOO (Plyctolophus), a genus of birds of the parrot family, but distinguished from true parrots by the greater heights of the bill, and its being curved from the base, and by the lengthened, broad, and rounded tail. A crest of long and pointed feathers can be erected and COCKATRICE expanded like a fan. The true cockatoos are also all of generally whitish plumage, but often finely tinged with 1 ② COCKATOO 1. Roseate Cockatoo. 2. Head of Black Cockatoo. red, orange, and other colors, or mixed with these colors.