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brolgas

brolgas is the plural of brolga.

Meaning of brolga

Noun

brolga (plural brolgas)

  1. A large grey crane (Antigone rubicunda, syn. Grus rubicunda), of northern and eastern Australia.
    • But he did not value Red Ochre simply as a grazing-lease. At times it was to him six hundred square miles where grazing grew and brolgas danced in the painted sunset and emus ran to the silver dawn […].1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter VII, in Capricornia, page 90
    Synonyms:
    Australian crane, native companion

Questions about brolgas

What is brolgas the plural of?
Brolgas is the plural of brolga.

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