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CURRAWONG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does currawong mean?
• CURRAWONG (noun)
The noun CURRAWONG has 1 sense:
1. bluish black fruit-eating bird with a bell-like call
Familiarity information: CURRAWONG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bluish black fruit-eating bird with a bell-like call
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
bell magpie; currawong
Hypernyms ("currawong" is a kind of...):
Australian magpie (black-and-white oscine birds that resemble magpies)
Holonyms ("currawong" is a member of...):
genus Strepera; Strepera (bell magpies)
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