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native companion, [Ornith.]
  1. Birdsbrolga.
  • 1810–20

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
native companion n
  1. Austral
    another name for the brolga
Etymology: 19th Century: so called because the birds were observed in pairs
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