laughing kookaburra
English
a juvenile laughing kookaburra
Noun
laughing kookaburra (plural laughing kookaburras)
- A species of kookaburra, Dacelo novaeguineae, native to eastern Australia and famed for its loud laugh-like call.
Synonyms
- (informal) bushman's clock, clockbird, ha-ha pigeon, jackaburra, jacko, kooka, kooky, Jacky, settler's clock, shepherd's clock
- (obsolete) brown kingfisher, giant kingfisher, goburra, gogobera, great brown kingfisher, jackass, jackass kingfisher, laughing jackass
Translations
Dacelo novaeguineae
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Further reading
laughing kookaburra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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