strepera

noun

strep·​era

ˈstrepərə

1

capitalized : a genus of bluish black Australian birds (family Cracticidae) often with snowy white undertail coverts

2

plural -s : any bird of the genus Strepera : currawong

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Late Latin streperus noisy

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