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kookaburra
[ kook-uh-bur-uh, -buhr-uh ]
noun
- an Australian kingfisher, Dacelo gigas, having a loud, harsh cry that resembles laughter.
kookaburra
/ ˈkʊkəˌbʌrə /
noun
- Also calledlaughing jackass a large arboreal Australian kingfisher, Dacelo novaeguineae (or gigas ), with a cackling cry
- Also calledblue-winged kookaburra a related smaller bird D. Leachii , of tropical Australia and New Guinea
Word History and Origins
Origin of kookaburra1
Word History and Origins
Origin of kookaburra1
Example Sentences
Australians are well accustomed to swooping birds - there's plovers, noisy miners and even the kookaburra.
In a country featuring some unique native fauna, the animal emblems of New South Wales are the platypus and kookaburra.
Mr. Eifert enjoyed the lush backyard with parrots, cockatoos and kookaburras and snorkeling nearby in the Great Barrier Reef, and a few days later they joined Mr. Davies-Griffith’s parents in Sydney.
The smell of gum trees, the sight of the huge Moreton Bay figs and the sound of laughing kookaburras perched on them are the things that enticed Ms Kramer back to Sydney.
There was the distant laugh of a single kookaburra.
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