kookaburra

«kookaburra» in Mova's school dictionary: a big Australian bird of the kingfisher family with a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a kookaburra, kookaburras)

meaning for a pupil

A kookaburra is a big Australian bird of the kingfisher family with a loud call that sounds like a person laughing. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons about Australian animals, birds and habitats; in music, the old children's round «Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree»; in Australia, a familiar morning sound.

examples

• The kookaburra laughed loudly at dawn. tree →
• Kookaburras eat snakes, lizards and insects. tree →
• We sang «Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree». tree →
• A kookaburra snatched a sausage from the barbecue. tree →
• The laughing kookaburra is a kind of kingfisher. tree →

note

Countable. Native to Australia (also introduced in New Zealand). Its laugh is actually a call to mark its territory.

Trees and pragmatics

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