mopoke

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈməʊˌpəʊk/


Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
mopoke / ˈməʊˌpəʊk/
  1. a small spotted owl, Ninox novaeseelandiae, of Australia and New Zealand. In Australia the tawny frogmouth, Podargus strigoides, is very often wrongly identified as the mopoke
  2. a slow or lugubrious person

Also called (NZ): morepork Etymology: 19th Century: imitative of the bird's cry
'mopoke' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
morepork - ruru

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