Large birds
kawagawa���noun. White egrets: Great Egret, Intermediate Egret, Little Egret and Cattle Egret. Ardea alba, Ardea garzetta, Ardea intermedia, Ardea ibis. Category:�Large birds.
kurrkurrki���noun. jungle fowl. Category:�Large birds. Anth: named after its call
majartapi���noun. australian Bustard, Kori, sometimes called 'bush turkey'. Ardeotis australis. Category:�Large birds.
mangalpitan���noun. bird. Ephippiorhynchus asiatucus. Category:�Large birds.
marrwati���noun. White-bellied sea eagle. Haliaeetus leucogaster. See:�ngakngak�‘sound of the sea eagle’. Category:�Large birds.
mirrinnyak���noun. 1�•�Brolga, Saurus crane. Grus rubicundus, Grus antigone. Juka jita mirrinyak kinyjangali. ‘There is a brolga over there.’ See:�wukurl�‘Eastern Reef Egret, black form’. Category:�Large birds.
2�•�a large lanky mosquito type. Mirrinyak nukapa ja pirl ja ngili. ‘The mirrinyak mosquito is a lazy one.’ Mirrinyak ja wirl ja ngili. ‘The mirrinyak is a type of mosquito that is a nuisance (it keeps following someone).’ See:�ngili�‘mosquito, Ibis type’. Category:�Insects.
wampurrpuyi���noun. emu. Syn:�warramurntupu. Variant:�less commonly used term. Category:�Large birds.
warramurntupu���noun. emu. Dromaius novaehollandiea. Variant:�most commonly used term. Syn:�wampurrpuyi. Category:�Large birds.
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