MOREPORK

morepork (plural moreporks)

(chiefly, New Zealand) The Tasmanian spotted owl (Ninox novaeseelandiae), a small brown owl indigenous to New Zealand and Tasmania. [from 19th c.]

Synonyms: mopoke (Australia), ruru (New Zealand)

(Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, derogatory) Used as a mild term of abuse.

A foolish person; also, a person who is wearisome.

A person who is lazy or slow; a slowcoach, a slowpoke.

Synonym: Thesaurus:idler

• (bird of the genus Ninox): boobook, boobook owl, hawk owl

morepork

The call of a morepork.

Source: Wiktionary

More"pork`, n. Etym: [So named from its cry.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: The Australian crested goatsucker (Ægotheles Novæ-Hollandiæ). Also applied to other allied birds, as Podargus Cuveiri.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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