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kookaburra en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio hurry-furry
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  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈkʊkəˌbɝɹə/ (General-American)
  • /ˈkʊkəˌbʌɹə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈkʊkəˌbʌɹə/ (General-American)
  • /ˈkʊkəˌbaɹə/ (Australia, New-Zealand)

Etymology

Borrowed from Wiradjuri guuguubarra (“laughing kookaburra”).

Meanings

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

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
kookaburras Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

rufous-bellied kookaburra · jackaburra · spangled kookaburra · laughing kookaburra · blue-winged kookaburra

Synonyms

jackass (laughing kookaburra) · goburra (laughing kookaburra) · kooka · Jacky (laughing kookaburra) · Leach's kingfisher (blue-winged kookaburra) · breakfast bird (laughing kookaburra) · alarm bird (laughing kookaburra) · gogobera (laughing kookaburra) · kooky · laughing jackass (laughing kookaburra) · clockbird (laughing kookaburra) · howling jackass (blue-winged kookaburra)

Translations (58)

pnb کوکابرا (kingfishers) · wrh guuguubarra (kingfishers) · de Kookaburra (kingfishers) · ga cúcabarra (kingfishers) · ar كوكابورا (kingfishers) · ja 笑翡翠 (kingfishers) · zku ngungana (kingfishers) · zku kukatka (kingfishers) · ru кукаба́рра (kingfishers) · ast cucaburra (kingfishers) · cmn 笑翠鳥 /笑翠鸟 (kingfishers) · fa کوکابورا (kingfishers) · kld gurruulga (kingfishers) · bg кукабура (kingfishers) · he קוקברה (kingfishers) · de Jägerliest (kingfishers) · sk kukabara (kingfishers) · wyi gurrng gurrng (kingfishers) · nl kookaburra (kingfishers) · pt cucaburra (kingfishers) · is kókabúrra (kingfishers) · sv kokaburra (kingfishers) · tl kukabura (kingfishers) · is hláturfugl (kingfishers) · pnw nhithinypa (kingfishers) · pa ਕੂਕਾਬਰਾ (kingfishers) · et kuukabarra (kingfishers) · ko 쿠카부라 (kingfishers) · kky gugurrgaagaa (kingfishers) · os кукабаррӕ (kingfishers) · ru кукаба́ра (kingfishers) · el κουκαμπούρα (kingfishers) · cmn 柯卡布拉 (kingfishers) · ja 笑い翡翠 (kingfishers) · fi nauraja (kingfishers) · it kookaburra (kingfishers) · sv kookaburra (kingfishers) · ru кукабу́рра (kingfishers) · pl kukabura (kingfishers) · be кукаба́ра (kingfishers) · kld gugurrgaagaa (kingfishers) · ta கூக்கபரா (kingfishers) · lnj ngga'angk (kingfishers) · pt kookaburra (kingfishers) · fr kookaburra (kingfishers) · hu kokabura (kingfishers) · cy cwcabyra (kingfishers) · eo kukabarao (kingfishers) · sm kukapala (kingfishers) · ja ワライカワセミ (kingfishers) · no kokaburra (kingfishers) · ca cucaburra (kingfishers) · id kukabura (kingfishers) · wrh guguburra (kingfishers) · kld gugaa (kingfishers) · ru гига́нтский зиморо́док (kingfishers) · fr martin-chasseur géant (kingfishers) · es cucaburra (kingfishers)