kookaburra

Borrowed from Wiradjuri guuguubarra (“laughing kookaburra”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkʊkəˌbʌɹə/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈkʊkəˌbaɹə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkʊkəˌbʌɹə/, /ˈkʊkəˌbɝɹə/

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kookaburra (plural kookaburras)

1. Any of several species of kingfishers in the genus Dacelo.

• (informal): kooka, kooky
• (laughing kookaburra): alarm bird, breakfast bird, clockbird, goburra, gogobera, laughing jackass, jackass, Jacky
• (blue-winged kookaburra): howling jackass, Leach's kingfisher

• Dixon, R. M. W., Bruce Moore, W. S. Ramson, Mandy Thomas (2006) Australian Aboriginal Words in English: Their Origin and Meaning, 2nd ed. edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 86

• kookaburra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia