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go-away bird

noun

Southern African a common name for a grey-plumaged lourie of the genus CorythaixoidesSee also lourie

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Nearby words

go without saying, go wrong, go, goes, going, go-ahead, go-around, go-away bird, go-between, go-by, go-cart, go-devil, go-faster stripe

Word Origin for go-away bird

C19: imitative of its call
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