kookaburra
an Australian kingfisher, Dacelo gigas, having a loud, harsh cry that resembles laughter.
Origin of kookaburra
1- Also called laughing jackass.
Words Nearby kookaburra
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How to use kookaburra in a sentence
Not bad for a melody generated by an AI trained on a data set of Eurovision songs and koala and kookaburra cries.
To see what makes AI hard to use, ask it to write a pop song | Will Heaven | October 29, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewThe kookaburra seems to find much grim fun in this world, and is always disturbing the Bush quiet with its curious “laughter.”
Peeps At Many Lands: Australia | Frank FoxTo start off with, they had an unpleasant scene with a kookaburra, a low larrikin who resented the way that Bill examined him.
The Magic Pudding | Norman LindsayThe kookaburra is about the size of an owl, of a mottled grey colour.
Peeps At Many Lands: Australia | Frank Fox
British Dictionary definitions for kookaburra
/ (ˈkʊkəˌbʌrə) /
Also called: laughing jackass a large arboreal Australian kingfisher, Dacelo novaeguineae (or gigas), with a cackling cry
Also called: blue-winged kookaburra a related smaller bird D. Leachii, of tropical Australia and New Guinea
Origin of kookaburra
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