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noun
- 1. a songbird with glossy black plumage and typically a long forked tail and a crest, found in Africa, southern Asia, and Australia.
- 2. a stupid or incompetent person: informal Australian, New Zealand "I gave that drongo fifty dollars and he only gave me change for ten!"
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The drongos are a family, Dicruridae, of passerine birds of the Old World tropics. The 31 species in the family are placed in a single genus, Dicrurus . Drongos are mostly black or dark grey, short-legged birds, with an upright stance when perched. They have forked tails and some have elaborate tail decorations.
Drongo definition: any passerine bird of the family Dicruridae, of Africa, Asia, and Australia, the several species usually having black plumage and long, forked tails.. See examples of DRONGO used in a sentence.
Drongo is a noun that refers to a type of bird with glossy black plumage and long forked tails. Learn more about the word history, examples, and related entries of drongo from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
(Australian English, New Zealand English, slang) a stupid person. Word Origin. Check pronunciation: drongo. Definition of drongo noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. Also called: drongo shrike. any insectivorous songbird of the family Dicruridae, of the Old World tropics, having a glossy black plumage, a forked tail, and a stout bill. 2. Australian and New Zealand slang. a foolish person. 3. Australian informal. a new recruit in the Royal Australian Air Force.
Drongo, any of approximately 26 species of Old World woodland birds constituting the family Dicruridae (order Passeriformes). Drongos frequently attack much larger birds (e.g., hawks and crows) that might hurt their eggs or young; innocuous birds (such as doves and orioles) nest near drongos to.