drongo
/ˈdrɒŋgəʊ/noun
(pl. -os 或 -oes)
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- a songbird with glossy black plumage and typically a long forked tail and a crest, found in Africa, southern Asia, and Australia卷尾（一种鸣禽, 发现于非洲、亚洲南部和澳大利亚）。
- ORIGIN: mid 19th cent.: from Malagasy.
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- Family Dicruridae and genus Dicrurus: several species.卷尾科, 卷尾属：数种。
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- informal, chiefly Austral./NZ 〈非正式, 主澳/新西兰〉a stupid or incompetent person蠢人, 无能的人。
- ORIGIN: said to be from the name of an Australian racehorse of the 1920s which consistently finished last or near last.