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go-away bird
(go-away bird)
noun
a crested long-tailed African bird of the turaco family, with mainly grey plumage and a call that resembles the words ‘go away’.
Also called loerie or
lourie
in South Africa.
Family
Musophagidae
: two genera and three species
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