wompoo
/ˈwɒmpuː/(also wampoo, whampoo)
noun
More fully wompoo fruit dove, wompoo pigeon. A large, tropical Australasian fruit dove, Ptilinopus magnificus, with predominantly green plumage, pale grey head, purple breast, and yellow abdomen, and having a deep bubbling call.
Origin
Mid 19th century. Imitative of the bird's distinctive call.
- be full of the joys of spring
- befurred
- beg
- begad
- began
- begat
- begemmed
- beget
- be/get carried away
- be/get liquored up
- begetter
- beggar
- beggar belief (or description)
- beggarliness
- beggarly
- beggarman
- beggar-my-neighbour
- beggars can't be choosers
- beggar's purse
- beggarticks
- beggarwoman
- beggary
- begging bowl
- begging letter
- begin