currawong

noun

cur·​ra·​wong

ˈkərəˌwȯŋ,

-wäŋ

plural -s

: any of several loud-voiced fruit-eating Australian birds constituting the genus Strepera of the family Cracticidae

called also bell magpie

Word History

Etymology

native name in Australia

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