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‖ wonga-wonga Austral.|ˈwɒŋgəˈwɒŋgə|
Also wanga-wanga.
[Native name.]
1. An Australian pigeon, Leucosarcia melanoleuca. Also wonga(-wonga) pigeon.
1821L. Macquarie Jrnl. of Tours (1956) 223 Major Morisett has most kindly sent his young friend Lachlan the following very handsome presents of pets; vizt. four black swans..and one wanga-wanga pigeon. 1827P. Cunningham Two Yrs. N.S.W. I. xvii. 321 A large pigeon named the wanga-wanga, of the size and appearance of the ringdove. 1846J. L. Stokes Discov. Australia I. x. 314 At Captain King's table I tasted the wonga-wonga pigeon. 1887W. S. S. Tyrwhitt New Chum in Queensland Bush viii. 149 An occasional plain or scrub turkey, and wonga or squatter pigeons.
2. In full wonga(-wonga) vine. An evergreen climber, Pandorea pandorana, of the family Bignoniaceæ, native to Australia and bearing panicles of pale yellow or pink flowers.
1895J. H. Maiden Flowering Plants & Ferns N.S.W. 33 The Wonga Wonga Vine... A tall, woody, glabrous climber with more or less twining branches. 1936F. Clune Roaming round Darling xvii. 162 Another shrub was the wonga-wonga vine. It has white flowers, and the blacks used to hollow the stems and make whistles from them. 1946K. Tennant Lost Haven (1947) xvii. 278 The bells of the Wonga vine, milky with plum velvet in their throats. |