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Meaning of "go-away bird" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GO-AWAY BIRD

Imitative of its call.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GO-AWAY BIRD

go-away bird play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GO-AWAY BIRD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Go-Away bird is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GO-AWAY BIRD

go-ahead
go-between
go-by
go-cart
go-cart racing
go-carting
go-faster stripe
go-forward
go-getter
go-getting
go-go
go-go dance
go-go dancer
go-juice
go-kart
go-kart track
go-karting
Go-Ped
go-slow
go-slow strike

WORDS THAT END LIKE GO-AWAY BIRD

a little bird
bird
brain-fever bird
cage bird
dolly bird
early bird
elephant bird
frigate bird
game bird
get the bird
give someone the bird
like a bird
old bird
rainbow bird
rare bird
sea bird
secretary bird
shore bird
umbrella bird
wading bird
water bird

Synonyms and antonyms of go-away bird in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «go-away bird» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GO-AWAY BIRD

Find out the translation of go-away bird to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of go-away bird from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «go-away bird» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

走,走鸟
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pájaro go-away
570 millions of speakers

English

go-away bird
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जाना दूर पक्षी
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

تذهب بعيدا الطيور
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

идти - далеко птицы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ir -away pássaro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দূরে দূরে পাখি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

oiseau - aller loin
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Burung pergi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

go- weg Vogel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ゴーアウェイ鳥
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이동 - 멀리 조류
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unggas
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đi - đi chim
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

போகும் பறவை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दूर निघून पक्षी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Gitar kuşu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bird go -away
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

go- away ptak
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

йти - далеко птиці
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

du-te - departe pasăre
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πάει μακριά πουλί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

go- weg voël
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

go -away fågeln
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

go- away fugl
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of go-away bird

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GO-AWAY BIRD»

The term «go-away bird» is used very little and occupies the 154.578 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GO-AWAY BIRD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about go-away bird

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GO-AWAY BIRD»

Discover the use of go-away bird in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to go-away bird and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Cry of the Go-Away Bird
Eames is a young writer with talent' Guardian 'Against a shocking backdrop of recent historical events, Andrea Eames has used a fresh, candid voice to create an intimate, sensitive and moving debut novel' Metro 'Eames is a fluent and ...
Andrea Eames, 2011
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The Go-Away Bird
What happens when two worlds collide?
Warren FitzGerald, 2010
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The Go-away-bird
Geraldine Paine. THE GO-AWAY-BIRD GERALDINE PAINE Lapwing Belfast THE GO-AWAY-BIRD GERALDINE PAINE Belfast LAPWING. Front Cover.
Geraldine Paine, 2008
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Birds of East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi
All often sit exposed in the canopy of trees, and some utter loud onomatopoeic calls (hence go-away-bird). White-bellied Go-away-bird Corythaixoides leucogaster 50cm, 20” Large slender grey and white go-away-bird with a tall grey crest.
Terry Stevenson, John Fanshawe, 2004
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All the Stories of Muriel Spark
All over the Colony it was possible to hear the subtle voice of the grey-crested lourie, commonly known as the go-away bird by its call, 'go'way, go'way.' It was possible to hear the bird, but very few did, for it was part of the background to ...
Muriel Spark, 2001
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Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa
The honey-guide was our friend but the 'go-away' bird was a nuisance. Its real name was the grey lourie and it was a big grey bird with a prominent crest. It was known as the 'goaway' bird because of its call, 'kweh-h-h!'or 'go-way-y-y!' It made  ...
Peter Godwin, 2011
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Legal Friction: Law, Narrative, and Identity Politics in ...
Miriam Wants to Send Zipporah Away Like the Go-away Bird Purification of the person afflicted with scale-disease requires a priest to take two Dmss, birds, sacrificing one and releasing the other (Lev. 14:5-7, 49- 53); this ritual mirrors that of ...
Gershon Hepner, 2010
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The Cosmopolitan
Go away, bird! Don't take my Filippo!' "I had tied my horse and stood watching them for a couple of minutes, before either of them noticed me. Then Filippo came running to meet me with his usual piping call; but the mother couldn't put away ...
‎1908
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National Geographic Complete Birds of the World
The go-away bitds and plantain- eaters, by contrast, are dull gray or dowdy brown and white; Gray Go- away Bird (Corythaixoides concolor) is uniformly smoke-gray. Behavior Turacos live mainly in small groups or family parties in the upper ...
Tim Harris, 2009
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Bird Songs from Around the World
Some have interesting names, such as "go-away-bird" and "plantain-eater." The mousebirds and sugarbirds are also restricted to Africa. Mousebirds remind people of mice because they are drably colored and scuttle energetically through  ...
Les Beletsky, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GO-AWAY BIRD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term go-away bird is used in the context of the following news items.
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Vote for Your Favourite Local Bird in BirdLife SA's Fun and Feathery …
Do you fancy a Drakensberg Rockjumper or a Grey Go-away Bird? Vote for your favourite! With over 800 species of birds in South Africa the ... «Books LIVE, Jan 15»
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A lion-hearted return to Kenya
... thickets, a colour-saturated scene orchestrated to the jungle flutes of the clucking hornbill and the descant cry of the go-away bird. Nearby ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 14»
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Scene Last Night: Staley, Tina Fey, Bok, Che, Bruno Mars
... a baby hippopotamus gets some sun by a river in Kenya, keeping company with a bare-faced go-away bird --- a creature whose name sums ... «Bloomberg, Nov 14»
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The ivory police
It's a Grey Louie, informally known as the "go-away bird." It's the official lookout of the African bush, and its chatter signals something is amiss. «Christian Science Monitor, Mar 14»
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Book reviews: We Need New Names & Almost English
... eight years in Christchurch, Andrea Eames now lives in Austin, Texas. She is author of The Cry of the Go-Away Bird and The White Shadow. «New Zealand Listener, Sep 13»
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The Bush Telegraph: the drama of the Okavango Delta
I can now tell apart the whiny complaint of the Go-away bird from the ululating trill of the woodland kingfisher and visualise the musicians ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 12»
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Woman Designs Tiny Shoes to Help Disabled Birds Walk
The Grey Lourie (also known as the Grey Go-away Bird) is quite a large bird, and fitting shoes to Chubby's legs would be possible in a way that ... «Care2.com, Jun 12»
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The White Shadow, By Andrea Eames
This second novel, like her first, is set in Zimbabwe, but whereas The Cry of the Go-Away Bird was told from the point of view of a young white ... «The Independent, Feb 12»
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PPC reveals 2011 shortlists
The Cry of the Go-Away Bird by Andrea Eames – Fiona Murphy, Harvill Secker, Random House The Hanging Shed by Gordon Ferris – Becci ... «The Bookseller, Feb 12»
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Go behind the scenes at the Houston Zoo: Play with a giraffe, walk a …
Maybe you want to hold and take a picture of a white-bellied go-away bird? Or watch the pelicans chow down on delicious grub? The red ... «CultureMap Houston, Sep 11»

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