mopoke

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English

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Etymology

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Variant form of morepork.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mopoke (plural mopokes)

  1. (chiefly Australia) A morepork. [from 19th c.]
    • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 401:
      A mopoke cried in the scrub to the north.