morepork

/ ˈmɔːˌpɔːk /

noun

1. Also calledNZruru a small spotted owl, Ninox novaeseelandiae, of Australia and New Zealand
2. slang.
   a slow or lugubrious person

Example Sentences

The silence of night was only interrupted by the cries of the "morepork" in the minor key, like the mournful cuckoos of Europe.

From Project Gutenberg

But not another sound came except the occasional call of the melancholy morepork.

From Project Gutenberg

The bell-bird and the tui sing a requiem over them by day, while the morepork and the kiwi wail for them at night.

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