currawong

English

A currawong

Wikispecies

Probably from Yagara garrawaŋ, ultimately onomatopoeic.

currawong (plural currawongs)

Any of the three species, and several subspecies, of large, mainly black, predatory passerine birds in the genus Strepera, of the family Artamidae, endemic to Australia.
- 1983, Robert Drewe, The Bodysurfers, Penguin 2009, p. 68:
  Currawongs and cookaburras woke him early.
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 174:
  She has small unblinking eyes like a currawong, turning its head on one side and staring malevolently […].

单词	currawong
释义	currawong English A currawong Wikispecies Etymology Probably from Yagara garrawaŋ, ultimately onomatopoeic. Pronunciation (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌɹəwɒŋ/ Noun currawong (plural currawongs) Any of the three species, and several subspecies, of large, mainly black, predatory passerine birds in the genus Strepera, of the family Artamidae, endemic to Australia. 1983, Robert Drewe, The Bodysurfers, Penguin 2009, p. 68: Currawongs and cookaburras woke him early. 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 174: She has small unblinking eyes like a currawong, turning its head on one side and staring malevolently […]. Derived terms black currawong black-winged currawong brown currawong clinking currawong grey currawong pied currawong
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