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mopoke

mopoke

English

Noun

mopoke ‎(plural mopokes)

  1. (chiefly Australia) A morepork. [from 19th c.]
    • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 401:
      A mopoke cried in the scrub to the north.

Etymology

Variant form of morepork.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈməʊpəʊk/

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