kookaburran.

Brit.

/ˈkʊkəˌbʌrə/, U.S.

/ˈkʊkəˌbərə/

Etymology: < an Australian Aboriginal language: given as kūkūburra by Ridley Kámilarói, p. 21.

A large, arboreal, brown kingfisher, Dacelo novæ-guineæ, distinguished by its peculiar laughing cry; formerly called the goburra n. and also called the laughing jackass.

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kingfisher1440

laughing jackass1798

settler's clock1827

jackass1844

goburra1860

Jack1863

kookaburra1890

Jacky1898

Jacko1907

kooka1933

1890 Argus (Melbourne) 25 Oct. 4/5 You might hear the last hoot of the kookaburra then.

1899 Westm. Gaz. 10 Apr. 8/1 Offers of Australian animals and birds from emus to kookaburras.

1906 Westm. Gaz. 13 Oct. 16/3 Just before the hour of sunrise the echoes of the Australian bush are awakened by the extraordinary cackling laughter of the great brown kingfisher, or kookaburra, as the aboriginals call it.

1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 3 Jan. 31/3 An assembly of kookaburras in the trees close at hand burst into a chorus of derisive laughter.

1936 F. Clune Roaming round Darling ii. 13 A kookaburra laughed sardonically as we passed the Assembly Hall.

1959 Guardian 28 Nov. 5/2 The chortled comments of the kookaburra bird.

1966 G. Durrell Two in Bush iv. 132 The first of these were three fat young Kookaburras, or Laughing Jackasses as these giant kingfishers are called in Australia.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kookaburra
释义	kookaburran. Brit. /ˈkʊkəˌbʌrə/, U.S. /ˈkʊkəˌbərə/ Etymology: < an Australian Aboriginal language: given as kūkūburra by Ridley Kámilarói, p. 21. A large, arboreal, brown kingfisher, Dacelo novæ-guineæ, distinguished by its peculiar laughing cry; formerly called the goburra n. and also called the laughing jackass. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Coraciiformes (kingfisher, etc.) > [noun] > family Alcedinidae > dacelo novaeguineae (kookaburra) kingfisher1440 laughing jackass1798 settler's clock1827 jackass1844 goburra1860 Jack1863 kookaburra1890 Jacky1898 Jacko1907 kooka1933 1890 Argus (Melbourne) 25 Oct. 4/5 You might hear the last hoot of the kookaburra then. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 10 Apr. 8/1 Offers of Australian animals and birds from emus to kookaburras. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 13 Oct. 16/3 Just before the hour of sunrise the echoes of the Australian bush are awakened by the extraordinary cackling laughter of the great brown kingfisher, or kookaburra, as the aboriginals call it. 1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 3 Jan. 31/3 An assembly of kookaburras in the trees close at hand burst into a chorus of derisive laughter. 1936 F. Clune Roaming round Darling ii. 13 A kookaburra laughed sardonically as we passed the Assembly Hall. 1959 Guardian 28 Nov. 5/2 The chortled comments of the kookaburra bird. 1966 G. Durrell Two in Bush iv. 132 The first of these were three fat young Kookaburras, or Laughing Jackasses as these giant kingfishers are called in Australia. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1890
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