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kookaburra::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dacelo gigas, laughing jackass |
| Type of | kingfisher |
Examples of kookaburra
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The laughing kookaburra is way too busy having a great time to bother about money.
From the smh.com.au
Kookaburra sketches and calls at the Australian National Botanic Gardens site.
From the en.wikipedia.org
I have them in my bedroom in a little old cream glazed jug with a kookaburra handle.
From the smh.com.au
The unprotected crab then falls to the ground and the kookaburra swoops down to eat its meal.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Kookaburra calls echo through the trees, wild bees hum, lampreys flit though the green water.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Penguins and a laughing kookaburra are among the favorites at the 25,000-squarefoot center.
From the dispatch.com
A common and familiar bird, this species of kookaburra is well known for its laughing call.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Kookaburra, like my two unexpected dinner guests, are everywhere.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Which has turned her into an insufferably enlightened kookaburra.
From the washingtonpost.com
- Australian kingfisher having a loud cackling cry
- Kookaburras are terrestrial tree kingfishers of the genus Dacelo native to Australia and New Guinea, which grow to between 28u201342u00A0cm (11u201317u00A0in) in length. The name is a loanword from Wiradjuri guuguubarra, onomatopoeic of its call. The single member of the genus Clytoceyx is commonly referred to as the shovel-billed kookaburra.
- Kookaburra is an Australian sounding rocket consisting of a Lupus-rocket as first stage and a Musca rocket as second stage. The Kookaburra was launched 33 times, from Woomera, South Australia, and from Gan, which is an atoll located in the Indian Ocean.
- "Kookaburra" (also known by its first line: "Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree") is a popular Australian nursery rhyme and round about the Kookaburra (an Australian Kingfisher), written by Marion Sinclair (b.1895/6/7 - 1988).
- (Kookaburras(Hockey)) The Australia national field hockey team (nickname Kookaburras) are the Australia's national men's hockey team, and one of the nation's most successful top level sporting teams. ...
- Any of several species of kingfishers in the genus Dacelo, known for their laugh-like call
- Any Australian kingfisher of the genus Dacelo, especially D. novaeguinea, which makes a strange laughing cry. Also called laughing jackass.
- Native bird with a call that sounds like mocking laughter.
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