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Noun: kookaburra  'kû-ku,bur-u or 'kû-ku,bú-ru [N. Amer], 'kû-ku,bú-ru [Brit]
  1. Australian kingfisher having a loud cackling cry
    "The kookaburra's laugh-like call is often associated with the Australian bush";
    - laughing jackass, Dacelo gigas

Derived forms: kookaburras

Type of: kingfisher

Part of: Dacelo, genus Dacelo

Encyclopedia: Kookaburra