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also called Morepork,in Australia, two bird species known elsewhere as the tawny frogmouth (see frogmouth); the Australian boobook owl is also sometimes called mopoke.
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mopoke — /ˈmoʊpoʊk / (say mohpohk) noun 1. → boobook (def. 1). 2. → tawny frogmouth. 3. Colloquial a slow, stupid or miserable looking person. Also, morepork /ˈmɔpɔk/ (say mawpawk). {? variant of boobook; ? im …
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