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Definition of Morepork
1. n. The Australian crested goatsucker (Ægotheles Novæ-Hollandiæ). Also applied to other allied birds, as Podargus Cuveiri.
Definition of Morepork
1. Noun. An owl of the genus ''Ninox'' inhabiting New Zealand and Australia. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Morepork
1. mopoke [n -S] - See also: mopoke
Medical Definition of Morepork
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Morepork
Literary usage of Morepork
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Narrative of a Visit to the Australian Colonies by James Backhouse (1843)
"Ministry.—Kangaroo Hunter.—Naming of Places in VD Land.—Penguins.
— Albatross.—morepork.—Delay.—Ministry of GWW—Penitent Prisoner.—-Trying Occurrences. ..."
2. Land, Labor and Gold: Or, Two Years in Victoria : with Visits to Sydney and by William Howitt (1855)
"... around us — morepork — Razor-grinder's Nest — Mode of Life on Travel — A View
of Interior of our Tent — Scotch Publicans and Greedy Highlanders—Passing ..."
3. The New Zealand Journal of Science (1885)
"morepork! morepork! This familiar call, borne on the soft night air, was pleasant
to listen to—now close at hand with a kind of loud ..."
4. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1905)
"“Only a morepork. Lena, do you love me?” “Yes, I suppose it was, but it startled me.
... “But we were talking about a morepork, and I want to be sure. ..."
5. Australasia by Henry Rees (1907)
"There are two owls, the morepork and the laughing owl; ... belongs to an endemic
genus ; the other belongs to the same genus as the Australian morepork. ..."
6. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"'The Bulla Bulla Bunyip': "The locusts were silent, and then might be heard t'
cry of the ' morepork,' ch huge night-moths through dewy air. ..."
7. Climbs in the New Zealand Alps: Being an Account of Travel and Discovery by Edward Arthur FitzGerald (1896)
"Irides are yellow. Its food consists of rats, mice, moths, and beetles, like
nearly all owls. It derives its name, morepork,” from its cry. ..."
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