Definition of currawong in English:

currawong

noun ˈkʌrəwɒŋ

A songbird of the Australian butcher-bird family, with mainly black or grey plumage, a robust straight bill, and a resonant call.
Genus Strepera, family Cracticidae: three species
Also called bell magpie
Example sentencesExamples
- In addition to the Magpie-larks, currawongs, and magpies, I saw a Little Pied Cormorant diving for fish.
- Birds such as currawongs are increasing in number and competing with smaller birds for food and habitat, while ibis are growing bolder in their dealings with people.
- I snapped these two fat galahs a few minutes ago, with a currawong in the background.
- And the currawongs would just tease her unmercifully.
- On the beaches he noted black duck, grey and chestnut teal, black currawongs, blue wrens and waders feeding among bull kelp where kelp flies bred, their maggots the staple diet along the exposed coastline.

Origin

1920s: from an Aboriginal word.

单词	currawong
释义	Definition of currawong in English: currawong noun ˈkʌrəwɒŋ A songbird of the Australian butcher-bird family, with mainly black or grey plumage, a robust straight bill, and a resonant call. Genus Strepera, family Cracticidae: three species Also called bell magpie Example sentencesExamples In addition to the Magpie-larks, currawongs, and magpies, I saw a Little Pied Cormorant diving for fish. Birds such as currawongs are increasing in number and competing with smaller birds for food and habitat, while ibis are growing bolder in their dealings with people. I snapped these two fat galahs a few minutes ago, with a currawong in the background. And the currawongs would just tease her unmercifully. On the beaches he noted black duck, grey and chestnut teal, black currawongs, blue wrens and waders feeding among bull kelp where kelp flies bred, their maggots the staple diet along the exposed coastline. Origin 1920s: from an Aboriginal word.
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