Morepork

·noun The Australian crested goatsucker (Aegotheles Novae-Hollandiae). Also applied to other allied birds, as Podargus Cuveiri.

morepork
n. 1) The Australian bird, orbirds, described under Mopoke (q.v.). 2) The New Zealand Owl, formerl...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris