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Definition of “kookaburra”

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

C19: from a native Australian language

But the Federation Fathers are thought to have brought the kookaburra here in a patriotic act to give all states this iconic species.

The Mercury, Sunday Tasmanian (2005)

The silence was broken only by the demented cackling of a kookaburra.

Independent (1999)

Unmistakable: The bushman's alarm clock, the common kookaburra.

Misc (1999)

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