kookaburra

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Wiradjuri guuguubarra (“laughing kookaburra”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkʊkəˌbʌɹə/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈkʊkəˌbaɹə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkʊkəˌbʌɹə/, /ˈkʊkəˌbɝɹə/ Rhymes: -ʌɹə === Noun === kookaburra (plural kookaburras) Any of several species of kingfishers in the genus Dacelo. ==== Synonyms ==== (informal): kooka, kooky (laughing kookaburra): alarm bird, breakfast bird, clockbird, goburra, gogobera, laughing jackass, jackass, Jacky (blue-winged kookaburra): howling jackass, Leach's kingfisher ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== Dixon, R. M. W., Bruce Moore, W. S. Ramson, Mandy Thomas (2006), Australian Aboriginal Words in English: Their Origin and Meaning, 2nd ed. edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 86 ==== Further reading ==== kookaburra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia