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# kookaburra

noun (a kookaburra, kookaburras)

«kookaburra» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A kookaburra is a big Australian bird of the kingfisher family with a loud call that sounds like a person laughing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kookaburra/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science lessons about Australian animals, birds and habitats; in music, the old children's round «Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree»; in Australia, a familiar morning sound.

### Examples

- The kookaburra laughed loudly at dawn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kookaburra/#x1)
- Kookaburras eat snakes, lizards and insects. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kookaburra/#x2)
- We sang «Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kookaburra/#x3)
- A kookaburra snatched a sausage from the barbecue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kookaburra/#x4)
- The laughing kookaburra is a kind of kingfisher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kookaburra/#x5)

### Note

Countable. Native to Australia (also introduced in New Zealand). Its laugh is actually a call to mark its territory.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «kookaburra» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kookaburra/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«kookaburra» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/kookaburra.html) on Mova free.