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waracabra

waracabra noun: trumpeter (bird).

Noun

waracabra (plural waracabras)

  1. (Guyana) trumpeter (bird)
    • […] it may be a lithe, graceful ocelot, so intent on stalking an unsuspecting bush-turkey or a sleepy monkey that your nearness is unnoticed; or again it may be a flock of trumpet-birds or waracabras feeding and dancing in some tiny open glade.1929, Alpheus Hyatt Verrill, Thirty Years in the Jungle, page 115
    • Frequently the growling of our lorry would frighten up coveys of waracabra—black jungle birds somewhat resembling guinea fowls, but with larger and longer legs.1953, Robert H. Pierson, Paddles Over the Kamarang: The Story of the Davis Indians, page 7

Forms of waracabra

pluralwaracabras
alternative formwarakabra

Origin of waracabra

From Lokono warakaba.

Questions about waracabra

What does waracabra mean?
Waracabra means trumpeter (bird).
What part of speech is waracabra?
Waracabra is a noun.
What is the plural of waracabra?
The plural of waracabra is waracabras.

Words near waracabra in the dictionary

  1. war-zone
  2. War.
  3. warabi
  4. warabimochi
  5. Warabrook
  6. waracabra
  7. waracabras
  8. Waradgeri
  9. Waradgery
  10. waragi
  11. waragis

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