mopoke

English edit

Etymology edit

Variant form of morepork.

Pronunciation edit

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈməʊpəʊk/

Noun edit

mopoke (plural mopokes)

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

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