Word of the Day for Friday 24th
October 2014
Boobook \BOO-book, -book\
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Noun
1. A small, reddish-brown spotted owl, Ninox boobook, native to Australia and New Zealand. |
Quotes
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It has large, staring eyes that are brilliant yellow, not
greenish-toned as in Southern Boobook, which usually displays obvious
dark markings (rather like black-eye bruises) around the eyes that are absent
in the larger Barking Owl.
-- Iain Campbell, Sam Woods, Nick Leseberg, Birds of Australia, 2014 |
Origin
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Boobook comes from Dharuk, a now-extinct Australian aboriginal language.
The word is said to be imitative of the sound the bird makes.
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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