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go-away bird

noun

  1. a common name for a grey-plumaged lourie of the genus Corythaixoides See also lourie
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of go-away bird1

C19: imitative of its call

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