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laughing kookaburra

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.21 in modern English

Syllables
laugh-ing kook-abur-ra
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kookaburra of species Dacelo novaeguineae, native to eastern Australia and famed for its loud laugh-like call.

Inflected Forms

laughing kookaburras (plural)

Synonyms

bushman's clock clockbird ha-ha pigeon jackaburra jacko kooka kooky Jacky settler's clock shepherd's clock brown kingfisher giant kingfisher

Questions

What does laughing kookaburra mean?
A kookaburra of species Dacelo novaeguineae, native to eastern Australia and famed for its loud laugh-like call.

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