Etymology

currawong

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Today it means: Any of the three species, and several subspecies, of large, mainly black, predatory passerine birds in the genus Strepera, endemic to Australia. Full definition →

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The story

Probably from Yagara garrawaŋ, ultimately onomatopoeic.

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