English Explanatory Dictionary

boobook

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various owls of Asia and Australasia of the genus Ninox.

Pronunciation

/ˈbuːbʊk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-boobook.wav

Word forms

boobook boobooks boobok bookbook bokbook

Etymology

From Dharug bokbok (imitative of the primary call of the Australian boobook, Ninox boobook).

Synonyms

boobook owl hawk owl

Derived words

Alor boobook Andaman boobook Australian boobook Bismarck boobook brown boobook Buru boobook Camiguin boobook Cebu boobook chocolate boobook Christmas Island boobook cinnabar boobook Halmahera boobook Hume's boobook least boobook Luzon boobook Manus boobook Mindanao boobook Mindoro boobook New Britain boobook northern boobook ochre-bellied boobook Papuan boobook Romblon boobook Rote boobook Seram boobook speckled boobook Sulu boobook Sumba boobook Tanimbar boobook Tasmanian boobook Timor boobook Togian boobook
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