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bokmakierie

bok·ma·kier·ie [ bòkmə kree ] (plural bok·ma·kier·ie or bok·ma·kier·ies)


noun 
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yellow-breasted S African songbird: a yellow-breasted songbird of the shrike family, native to southern Africa. Bokmakierie perch in pairs and sing together. Latin name Telephorus zeylonus.

[Mid-19th century. < Afrikaans, an imitation of the bird's cry]
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