currawong

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of the three species, and several subspecies, of large, mainly black, predatory passerine birds in the genus Strepera, endemic to Australia.

/ˈkʌɹəwɒŋ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-currawong.wav

currawong currawongs

Probably from Yagara garrawaŋ, ultimately onomatopoeic.

bell-magpie crow-shrike

black currawong black-winged currawong brown currawong clinking currawong grey currawong pied currawong

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