Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any of several species of kingfishers in the genus Dacelo.

    Jägerliest, Kookaburra

    кукаба́раkukabára, кукаба́рраkukabárra, кукабу́рраkukabúrra

More definitions
  • Australian kingfisher having a loud cackling cry

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Tom's favorite bird is a kookaburra.

    ruЛюбимая птица Тома — кукабара.

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  2. Tom's favourite bird is a kookaburra.

    Улюблений птах Тома — кукабара.

    deToms Lieblingsvogel ist der Kookaburra.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
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Origin

Borrowed from Wiradjuri guuguubarra (“laughing kookaburra”).

Borrowed from Wiradjuri guuguubarra (“laughing kookaburra”).

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Forms

plural: kookaburras
Singularkookaburra
Pluralkookaburras

regular

Synonyms

13 synonyms
laughing kookaburra:clockbirdgoburragogoberalaughing jackassjackassJackyalarm birdbreakfast bird
blue-winged kookaburra:howling jackassLeach's kingfisher
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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