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Definition of kookaburra noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

kookaburra

noun

/ˈkʊkəbʌrə/

/ˈkʊkəbɜːrə/

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an Australian bird that makes a strange laughing noiseTopics Birdsc2
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from Wiradhuri gugubarra.

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