mopoke
/ (ˈməʊˌpəʊk) /
noun
Also called (NZ): ruru a small spotted owl, Ninox novaeseelandiae, of Australia and New Zealand. In Australia the tawny frogmouth, Podargus strigoides, is very often wrongly identified as the mopoke
Australian and NZ slang a slow or lugubrious person
Origin of mopoke
1C19: imitative of the bird's cry
- Also called (NZ): morepork
Words Nearby mopoke
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How to use mopoke in a sentence
You'll never be missed in the dark, and I 'll light plenty of candles now, and dazzle the mopoke.
The Moving Finger | Mary GauntThe wind swayed gently the branches of the great she-oaks as a mopoke's mournful note came from the gum trees.
Jean, Our Little Australian Cousin | Mary F. Nixon-Roulet
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