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"taxonomic": "Eudynamys scolopaceus",
"word": "Asian koel"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Eudynamys (orientalis) cyanocephalus",
"word": "Australian koel"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Eudynamys melanorhynchus",
"word": "black-billed koel"
},
{
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{
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{
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"ref": "1994, Dorothy Porter, The Monkey's Mask, page 49:",
"text": "It's a beautiful night / a koel starts up / its one weird note.",
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},
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"word": "tu hú"
}
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}
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