go-away bird
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noun
Southern African a common name for a grey-plumaged lourie of the genus CorythaixoidesSee also lourie
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Word Origin for go-away bird
C19: imitative of its call
Words nearby go-away bird
goatskin, goat's-rue, goatsucker, goaves, go away, go-away bird, go AWOL, gob, go back, go back on, go bad
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