native companion

American  

noun

Ornithology.

1. brolga.

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native companion British  

noun

1. another name for the brolga

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Etymology

Origin of native companion

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

Then a green swamp; through the tall reeds the native companion, king of cranes, waded majestic; the brilliant porphyry water hen, with scarlet bill and legs, flashed like a sapphire among the emerald green water-sedge.

From Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn by Kingsley, Henry

Malcolm understood instantly that his native companion had found the ekka-wallah more communicative.

From The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny by Tracy, Louis

The imitation of the frolicsome skip and wing movements of the native companion is one of the typical dances of the aboriginals frequenting open plains where the great birds assemble.

From Confessions of a Beachcomber by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)

The same dull, faint, long cry, fell on our ears; but we took no heed of it, for our native companion said it was the signal shout of huntsmen in the mountains.

From A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition by Ross, William A.

He said to himself, "That is not a horseman, nor an emu, nor a native companion, nor a swagman, nor a kangaroo."

From The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned by Macfarlane, J.