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Meaning of morepork in English:

morepork

Pronunciation /ˈmɔːpɔːk/

noun

Australian, New Zealand
another term for boobook
‘At night, moreporks call to one another - a haunting cry that is now but rarely heard.’
  • ‘Their calls now join the soft cries of moreporks, native forest owls that have found their own ways un-assisted onto the island's roster of breeding birds.’
  • ‘We hear moreporks at night.’
  • ‘‘I was the first to see a morepork, no more than two arms length away,’ said Roger with real excitement in his voice.’
  • ‘Now, as the pre-dawn chill crunches in, the morepork is calling, getting next door's rooster going.’

Origin

Variant of mopoke.