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单词 kookaburra
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
kook•a•bur•ra /ˈkʊkəˌbɜrə, -ˌbʌrə/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -ras. 
  1. Birdsan Australian bird of the kingfisher family, having a call that resembles raucous laughter.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
kook•a•bur•ra  (kŏŏkə bûr′ə, -bur′ə),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Birdsan Australian kingfisher, Dacelo gigas, having a loud, harsh cry that resembles laughter. Also called laughing jackass. 
  • Wiradjuri gugubarra (imitative)
  • 1885–90

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
kookaburra /ˈkʊkəˌbʌrə/ n

  1. Also called: laughing jackass a large arboreal Australian kingfisher, Dacelo novaeguineae (or gigas), with a cackling cry
  2. Also called: blue-winged kookaburra a related smaller bird D. Leachii, of tropical Australia and New Guinea
Etymology: 19th Century: from a native Australian language
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