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boobook|ˈbuːbʊk, ˈbuːbuːk|
Also ˈbuckbuck.
[Imitative of the bird's note.]
The name given in Australia to a medium-sized brown spotted owl, Ninox novæ-seelandiæ boobook; the mopoke. In full, boobook owl.
1801Latham Gen. Synop. Birds Suppl. ii. 64 Boobook O[wl], size of the Brown Owl, and at first sight somewhat resembles it, especially on the upper parts. This inhabits New Holland, where it is known by the name of Boobook. 1826Trans. Linnean Soc. XV. 188 The native name of this bird, as Mr. Caley informs us, is Buck'buck. 1916J. B. Cooper Coo-oo-ee ii. 31 A boo-book owl calling ‘Mopoke!’ 1934A. Russell Tramp-Royal 11 The insistent ‘morepork’ of the boobook owl. 1936M. Franklin All that Swagger vii. 66 At night there were the unfailing boobooks and dingoes to augment the curlews' concert. 1968V. Serventy Wildlife Austral. 79 The best known of Australian owls is the boobook, named after its call. |