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kookaburra

 (n): Australian kingfisher having a loud cackling cry
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about 1 year ago chained_bear said:

A large, arboreal, brown kingfisher, Dacelo novæ-guineæ, distinguished by its peculiar laughing cry; formerly called the GOBURRA and also called the laughing jackass.

What a coincidence... Though I have never been called a kookaburra, I have on occasion been called "the laughing jackass."

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