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laughing kookaburra

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A kookaburra of species Dacelo novaeguineae, native to eastern Australia and famed for its loud laugh-like call.

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  • Arabic: كوكابورا — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • Asturian: cucaburra común — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • Belarusian: кукабара-рагатуха (kukabara-rahatuxa) — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • Belarusian: зімарадак-велікан (zimaradak-vjelikan) — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • Bulgarian: присмехулната кукабура (prismehulnata kukabura) — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • Catalan: cucaburra — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • Chinese Mandarin: 笑翠鳥 /笑翠鸟 (xiàocuìniǎo) — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • Czech: ledňák obrovský — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • Dutch: kookaburra — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • Dutch: lachvogel — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • Dutch: gewone kookaburra — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • Esperanto: ridema kukabarao — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • Esperanto: kukabarao — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • Finnish: isonauraja — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • French: martin-chasseur géant — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • French: kookaburra — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • German: Jägerliest — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • German: Lachender Hans — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • German: Kookaburra — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • Hebrew: קוקברה צוחקת — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • Hungarian: kacagójancsi — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • Hungarian: kacagó kokabura — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • Irish: cúcabarra gáiriteach — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • Italian: kookaburra sghignazzante — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • Japanese: 笑翡翠 (warai kawasemi) — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • Korean: 웃음물총새 (useummulchongsae) — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • Norwegian: latterkokaburra — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • Ossetian: худгӕ кукабаррӕ (xudgæ kukabarræ) — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • Ossetian: Ног Гвинейы кукабаррӕ (Nog Gvinejy kukabarræ) — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • Polish: kukabura chichotliwa — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • Polish: kukabura — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • Portuguese: kookaburra — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • Portuguese: cucaburra — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • Portuguese: kookaburra-risonha — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • Punjabi: ہسدا کوکابرا (hsdā kokābrā) — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • Russian: смею́щаяся кукаба́ра (smejúščajasja kukabára) — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • Russian: смею́щаяся кукаба́рра (smejúščajasja kukabárra) — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • Russian: смею́щийся зиморо́док (smejúščijsja zimoródok) — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • Russian: зиморо́док-велика́н (zimoródok-velikán) — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • Spanish: cucaburra común — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • Swedish: skrattkokaburra — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • Tamil: சிரிக்கும் கூக்கபரா (cirikkum kūkkaparā) — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • Vietnamese: sả nhà trò — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • Welsh: cwcabyra chwarddol — Dacelo novaeguineae
  • Woiwurrung: gurrng gurrng — Dacelo novaeguineae