morepork
/ (ˈmɔːˌpɔːk) /
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noun NZ
Also called: (NZ) ruru a small spotted owl, Ninox novaeseelandiae, of Australia and New Zealand
slang a slow or lugubrious person
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Also called: (Austral) mopoke
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Example sentences from the Web for morepork
The silence of night was only interrupted by the cries of the "morepork" in the minor key, like the mournful cuckoos of Europe.
In Search of the Castaways|Jules VerneBut not another sound came except the occasional call of the melancholy morepork.
The adventures of Kimble Bent|James CowanThe bell-bird and the tui sing a requiem over them by day, while the morepork and the kiwi wail for them at night.
Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2)|William Delisle Hay