currawongn.

Brit.

/ˈkʌrəwɒŋ/, U.S.

/ˈkərəˌwɑŋ/, Australian English

/ˈkʌrəwɔŋ/

Etymology: Aboriginal.

Australian.

The native name in Australia for a bird of the genus Strepera (see quot. 1926).

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magpie1792

rainbird1817

trumpeter1827

currawong1926

1926 Austral. Encycl. II. 19/2 Birds of the other genus, Strepera, are variously known as bell-magpies or black magpies, as well as by the aboriginal name of ‘currawong’ in New South Wales and Queensland.

1936 F. D. Davison Children of Dark People 5 Currawongs and willy wagtails flitted among the bushes.

1964 Telegraph (Brisbane) 4 Mar. 3/5 Jock was a currawong—a type of magpie—and he sounded off just after dawn every day.

1970 Southerly 30 8 In season the currawongs in the camphor-laurels cry like tin-shears.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	currawong
释义	currawongn. Brit. /ˈkʌrəwɒŋ/, U.S. /ˈkərəˌwɑŋ/, Australian English /ˈkʌrəwɔŋ/ Etymology: Aboriginal. Australian. The native name in Australia for a bird of the genus Strepera (see quot. 1926). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > [noun] > family Cracticidae > genus Strepera (currawong) magpie1792 rainbird1817 trumpeter1827 currawong1926 1926 Austral. Encycl. II. 19/2 Birds of the other genus, Strepera, are variously known as bell-magpies or black magpies, as well as by the aboriginal name of ‘currawong’ in New South Wales and Queensland. 1936 F. D. Davison Children of Dark People 5 Currawongs and willy wagtails flitted among the bushes. 1964 Telegraph (Brisbane) 4 Mar. 3/5 Jock was a currawong—a type of magpie—and he sounded off just after dawn every day. 1970 Southerly 30 8 In season the currawongs in the camphor-laurels cry like tin-shears. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1926
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