boobook
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Dharug bokbok (imitative of the primary call of the Australian boobook, Ninox boobook).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbuːbʊk/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
boobook (plural boobooks)
- Any of various owls of Asia and Australasia of the genus Ninox.
- Synonym: boobook owl
Synonyms
- (owl of the genus Ninox): hawk owl
Derived terms
- Alor boobook
- Andaman boobook
- Australian boobook
- Bismarck boobook
- brown boobook
- Buru boobook
- Camiguin boobook
- Cebu boobook
- chocolate boobook
- Christmas Island boobook
- cinnabar boobook
- Halmahera boobook
- Hume's boobook
- least boobook
- Luzon boobook
- Manus boobook
- Mindanao boobook
- Mindoro boobook
- New Britain boobook
- northern boobook
- ochre-bellied boobook
- Papuan boobook
- Romblon boobook
- Rote boobook
- Seram boobook
- speckled boobook
- Sulu boobook
- Sumba boobook
- Tanimbar boobook
- Tasmanian boobook
- Timor boobook
- Togian boobook
Translations
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References
- ^ “boobook”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.