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mopoke
mopoke (ˈməʊˌpəʊk) n1. (Animals) Also called (NZ): ruru a small spotted owl, Ninox novaeseelandiae, of Australia and New Zealand. In Australia the tawny frogmouth, Podargus strigoides, is very often wrongly identified as the mopoke2. slang Austral and NZ a slow or lugubrious person Also called (NZ): morepork [C19: imitative of the bird's cry]mopoke
mopoke a small spotted owl, Ninox novaeseelandiae, of Australia and New Zealand. In Australia the tawny frogmouth, Podargus strigoides, is very often wrongly identified as the mopoke |