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currawong

American  
[kuhr-uh-wawng, -wong] / ˈkʌr əˌwɔŋ, -ˌwɒŋ /

noun

  1. any of several large black-and-white passerine birds of the genus Strepera, of Australia, having a resounding bell-like voice.

currawong British  
/ ˈkʌrəˌwɒŋ /

noun

  1. Also called: bell magpie.  any Australian crowlike songbird of the genus Strepera, having black, grey, and white plumage: family Cracticidae

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Etymology

Origin of currawong

First recorded in 1925–30, currawong is from the Dharuk word gu-ra-wa-ruŋ

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