mopoke

mopoke

English

Etymology

Variant form of morepork.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈməʊpəʊk/

Noun

mopoke (plural mopokes)

1. (chiefly Australia) A morepork. [from 19th c.]
   • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 401:

     A mopoke cried in the scrub to the north.