Tom's favourite bird is a kookaburra.
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Kookaburra
//ˈkʊkəˌbʌɹə//
Synonyms for "kookaburra" (17 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Noun(4 words)
Strong matches (5)
Noun(4 words)
Related words (8)
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3 entriesderived
5 entriesis a
4 entriesrelated to
2 entriesTranslations
58 translations across 42 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- كوكابورا noun (kingfishers)
Asturian
1 entries- cucaburra noun (kingfishers)
Belarusian
1 entries- кукаба́ра noun (kingfishers)
Bulgarian
1 entries- кукабура noun (kingfishers)
Catalan
1 entries- cucaburra noun (kingfishers)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 柯卡布拉 noun (kingfishers)
- 笑翠鳥 /笑翠鸟 noun (kingfishers)
Dutch
1 entries- kookaburra noun (kingfishers)
Esperanto
1 entries- kukabarao noun (kingfishers)
Estonian
1 entries- kuukabarra noun (kingfishers)
Finnish
1 entries- nauraja noun (kingfishers)
French
2 entries- kookaburra noun (kingfishers)
- martin-chasseur géant noun (kingfishers)
Gamilaraay
3 entries- gugaa noun (kingfishers)
- gugurrgaagaa noun (kingfishers)
- gurruulga noun (kingfishers)
German
2 entries- Jägerliest noun (kingfishers)
- Kookaburra noun (kingfishers)
Greek
1 entries- κουκαμπούρα noun (kingfishers)
Guugu Yimidhirr
1 entries- gugurrgaagaa noun (kingfishers)
Hebrew
1 entries- קוקברה noun (kingfishers)
Hungarian
1 entries- kokabura noun (kingfishers)
Icelandic
2 entries- hláturfugl noun (kingfishers)
- kókabúrra noun (kingfishers)
Indonesian
1 entries- kukabura noun (kingfishers)
Irish
1 entries- cúcabarra noun (kingfishers)
Italian
1 entries- kookaburra noun (kingfishers)
Japanese
3 entries- ワライカワセミ noun (kingfishers)
- 笑い翡翠 noun (kingfishers)
- 笑翡翠 noun (kingfishers)
Kaurna
2 entries- kukatka noun (kingfishers)
- ngungana noun (kingfishers)
Korean
1 entries- 쿠카부라 noun (kingfishers)
Linngithigh
1 entries- ngga'angk noun (kingfishers)
Norwegian
1 entries- kokaburra noun (kingfishers)
Ossetian
1 entries- кукабаррӕ noun (kingfishers)
Panyjima
1 entries- nhithinypa noun (kingfishers)
Persian
1 entries- کوکابورا noun (kingfishers)
Polish
1 entries- kukabura noun (kingfishers)
Portuguese
2 entries- cucaburra noun (kingfishers)
- kookaburra noun (kingfishers)
Punjabi
2 entries- کوکابرا noun (kingfishers)
- ਕੂਕਾਬਰਾ noun (kingfishers)
Russian
4 entries- гига́нтский зиморо́док noun (kingfishers)
- кукаба́ра noun (kingfishers)
- кукаба́рра noun (kingfishers)
- кукабу́рра noun (kingfishers)
Samoan
1 entries- kukapala noun (kingfishers)
Slovak
1 entries- kukabara noun (kingfishers)
Spanish
1 entries- cucaburra noun (kingfishers)
Swedish
2 entries- kokaburra noun (kingfishers)
- kookaburra noun (kingfishers)
Tagalog
1 entries- kukabura noun (kingfishers)
Tamil
1 entries- கூக்கபரா noun (kingfishers)
Welsh
1 entries- cwcabyra noun (kingfishers)
Wiradjuri
2 entries- guguburra noun (kingfishers)
- guuguubarra noun (kingfishers)
Woiwurrung
1 entries- gurrng gurrng noun (kingfishers)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
While we were adjusting the lens a kookaburra somewhere out of sight burst into his peals of derisive laughter; the shrill chorus of unseen frogs, an ever-present accompaniment to the stillness of the Australian country, was the only other sound.
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Tom's favorite bird is a kookaburra.
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