mopoke
/ˈmoʊpoʊk/
noun
- An Australian and New Zealand bird of the nightjar family, known for its distinctive call that sounds like "more-pork." Also called the boobook owl.
- We heard a mopoke calling in the bush last night.
- Campers often mistake the mopoke's call for someone saying 'more pork.'
- The mopoke is a small owl that hunts insects at dusk.
- A dull or slow-witted person; someone who is foolish or naive.
- He felt like a mopoke for forgetting his own address.
- Don't be such a mopoke — of course you need to bring a ticket to the concert.
- The old man called the young tourist a mopoke for getting lost so easily.