noun
Meaning 1
A surname, of Irish origin
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
McCooey
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CMU ARPABET: M AH0 K UW1 IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A naturalist, from H.J. McCooey
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia
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History
Etymology
Possible Anglicisation of Irish Gaelic Mac Cumhaighe (“son of the hound of the plain”).