Kookaburra
kookaburra /(also a laughing jackass) n
a large Australian bird famous for the laughing sound it makes.
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The song that goes "Kookaburra sings on an old gum tree, merry merry king is the bush is he..." was in my primary school hymm book and I always sing it. I never knew it was a name of a bird..I always thought it was a person named Kookaburra.
You learn something new everyday.
