boobook

English

Sumba boobook, Ninox rudolfi

Alternative forms

boobok, bookbook, bokbook

Etymology

From Dharug bokbok (imitative).[1]

Noun

boobook (plural boobooks)

Any of various owls of Asia and Australasia of the genus Ninox.

Synonyms

(owl of the genus Ninox): hawk owl

Translations

Translations

Hungarian: héjabagoly, kakukkbagoly
Tiwi: jurrukukuni, jirrukukuni, turrukukuni, tirrukukuni, kurlamikimi

References

“boobook”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

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