kookaburra
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əˌbɜr noun
an Australian kingfisher, Dacelo gigas, having a loud, harsh cry that resembles laughter.
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| —n | |
| 1. | Also called: laughing jackass a large arboreal Australian kingfisher, Dacelo novaeguineae (or gigas), with a cackling cry |
| 2. | Also called: blue-winged kookaburra a related smaller bird D. Leachii, of tropical Australia and New Guinea |
| [C19: from a native Australian language] | |
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Kookaburra
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Visitors are welcome to enter the aviary with a handful of food to beckon the lorikeet and the kookaburra.
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