drongo
1any passerine bird of the family Dicruridae, of Africa, Asia, and Australia, the several species usually having black plumage and long, forked tails.
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a stupid or slow-witted person; simpleton.
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How to use drongo in a sentence
First and foremost among these is the king-crow or black drongo (Dicrurus ater).
A Bird Calendar for Northern India | Douglas DewarAlmost as widely distributed, but far less abundant, is the white-bellied drongo.
Jungle Folk | Douglas DewarIn the Western Province of Ceylon it is replaced by a drongo having less white in the plumage.
Jungle Folk | Douglas DewarI have never seen the Dhouli, or white-bellied drongo, perched on anything but a branch of a tree.
Jungle Folk | Douglas DewarLooking up, I observed, perched on a bare branch at the summit of the tree, a white-bellied drongo.
Jungle Folk | Douglas Dewar
British Dictionary definitions for drongo
/ (ˈdrɒŋɡəʊ) /
Also called: drongo shrike any insectivorous songbird of the family Dicruridae, of the Old World tropics, having a glossy black plumage, a forked tail, and a stout bill
Australian and NZ slang a slow-witted person
Australian informal a new recruit in the Royal Australian Air Force
Origin of drongo
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