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currawong

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Black currawong (Strepera fuliginosa)
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Etymology

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Probably fromYagaragarrawaŋ, ultimately onomatopoeic.

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Noun

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currawong (pluralcurrawongs)

  1. Any of the threespecies, and severalsubspecies, of large, mainlyblack,predatorypasserinebirds in thegenusStrepera, of the familyArtamidae,endemic toAustralia.
    • 1983, Robert Drewe,The Bodysurfers, Penguin, published2009, page68:
      Currawongs and cookaburras woke him early.
    • 1985,Peter Carey,Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published2003, page174:
      She has small unblinking eyes like acurrawong, turning its head on one side and staring malevolently […].

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