Meanings
nounkookaburra (plural kookaburras)
plural kookaburras
- Any of several species of kingfishers in the genus Dacelo.
Synonyms: kooka, kooky, alarm bird, breakfast bird, clockbird, goburra, gogobera, laughing jackass
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of several species of kingfishers in the genus Dacelo.
Similar
kookakookyalarm birdbreakfast birdclockbirdgoburragogoberalaughing jackassjackassJackyhowling jackassLeach's kingfisher
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Origin
- Wiradjuriguuguubarra“laughing kookaburra”
- Englishkookaburra
Borrowed from Wiradjuri guuguubarra (“laughing kookaburra”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic كوكابورا
- كوكابوراkingfishers
Bulgarian кукабура
- кукабура (kukabura)kingfishers
Catalan cucaburra
- cucaburrakingfishers
Chinese Mandarin 笑翠鳥 /笑翠鸟, 柯卡布拉
- 笑翠鳥 /笑翠鸟 (xiàocuìniǎo)kingfishers
- 柯卡布拉 (kēkǎbùlā)kingfishers
Dutch kookaburra
- kookaburrakingfishers
Esperanto kukabarao
- kukabaraokingfishers
Estonian kuukabarra
- kuukabarrakingfishers
Finnish nauraja
- naurajakingfishers
French kookaburra, martin-chasseur géant
- kookaburrakingfishers
- martin-chasseur géantkingfishers
German Jägerliest, Kookaburra
- Jägerliestkingfishers
- Kookaburrakingfishers
Greek κουκαμπούρα
- κουκαμπούρα (koukampoúra)kingfishers
Hebrew קוקברה
- קוקברה (kukabára)kingfishers
Hungarian kokabura
- kokaburakingfishers
Icelandic kókabúrra, hláturfugl
- kókabúrrakingfishers
- hláturfuglkingfishers
Indonesian kukabura
- kukaburakingfishers
Irish cúcabarra
- cúcabarrakingfishers
Italian kookaburra
- kookaburrakingfishers
Japanese ワライカワセミ, 笑翡翠
- ワライカワセミ (warai kawasemi)kingfishers
- 笑翡翠 (warai kawasemi)kingfishers
- 笑い翡翠 (warai kawasemi)kingfishers
Korean 쿠카부라
- 쿠카부라 (kukabura)kingfishers
Norwegian kokaburra
- kokaburrakingfishers
Persian کوکابورا
- کوکابورا (kokâburâ)kingfishers
Polish kukabura
- kukaburakingfishers
Portuguese kookaburra, cucaburra
- kookaburrakingfishers
- cucaburrakingfishers
Punjabi ਕੂਕਾਬਰਾ
- ਕੂਕਾਬਰਾ (kūkābrā)kingfishers
Russian кукаба́ра, кукаба́рра
- кукаба́ра (kukabára)kingfishers
- кукаба́рра (kukabárra)kingfishers
- кукабу́рра (kukabúrra)kingfishers
- гига́нтский зиморо́док (gigántskij zimoródok)kingfishers
Slovak kukabara
- kukabarakingfishers
Spanish cucaburra
- cucaburrakingfishers
Swedish kookaburra, kokaburra
- kookaburrakingfishers
- kokaburrakingfishers
Tagalog kukabura
- kukaburakingfishers
Tamil கூக்கபரா
- கூக்கபரா (kūkkaparā)kingfishers
Welsh cwcabyra
- cwcabyrakingfishers
Rhymes & wordplay
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APA
kookaburra. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kookaburra
MLA
“kookaburra.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kookaburra. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kookaburra,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kookaburra.
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